Division "Sphingobacteria"

Name: "Sphingobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Division

Proposed as: new division

Etymology: Sphin.go.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. sphiggo, strangle, because they have sphingolipids; N.L. neut. pl. n. Sphingobacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sphin-go-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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Record number: 784
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