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Name: "Spirochaetae" Cavalier-Smith 2002
Etymology: N.L. fem. pl. n. Spirochaetae, From the genus Spirochaeta.
Type order: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (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: 785