Name: Bacteria Woese et al. 2024

Category: Domain

Proposed as: new domain

Etymology: Bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, denoting a rod, staff or stick, and thus the last component in many names of genera currently placed in this domain; N.L. neut. pl. n. Bacteria, the domain of the bacteria

Type genus: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Bacteriobiota" Luketa 2012	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the kingdom Fusobacteriati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the kingdom Thermotogati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the kingdom Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the kingdom Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermodesulfobiota Frolov et al. 2023 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Bdellovibrionota Waite et al. 2021 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Campylobacterota Waite et al. 2021 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Ignavibacteriota Podosokorskaya et al. 2021 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Desulfobacterota Waite et al. 2023 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Goeker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermosulfidibacterota Chuvochina et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.
  • 🧒 Zou et al. (2024) assigned the uncategorized "Nonmyxobacteria" Zou et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Zou D, Lu X, Song F, Zhong X, Chen H, Zhang J, Tian Y, Pei L, Li F, Lu X, et al. Characteristics of bacterial community in eyelashes of patients with Demodex blepharitis. Parasit Vectors 2024; 17:64.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bacteira"; "Bacteriaa"; "Bacterie"; "Bacterima"; "Bacteriota"; "Bacteriua"; "Bncteria".
  • 🔧 This taxon name is a replacement for "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2010. Publication: Tindall BJ, Rossello-Mora R, Busse HJ, Ludwig W, Kampfer P. Notes on the characterization of prokaryote strains for taxonomic purposes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:249-266.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2018. Publication: Chun J, Oren A, Ventosa A, Christensen H, Arahal DR, da Costa MS, Rooney AP, Yi H, Xu XW, De Meyer S, et al. Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:461-466.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. Minutes of the inaugural 25 October 2022 meeting of International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittees on Taxonomy representatives: challenges, trends, and perspectives for microbial taxonomists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6075.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Woese et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Göker and Oren).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 17000; JCM: 10712; ATCC: 7560; KCTC: 6549; LMG: 6353; NBRC: 5773; CCUG: 4770; CIP: 4631; NRRL: 2836; CGMCC: 2795.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 39
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 39
Total number of child taxa: 116

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Abditibacteriota Tahon et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Acetithermota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetota Goodfellow 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Aerophobetes" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Aerophobota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Altimarinota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aquificota Reysenbach 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Armatimonadota Tamaki et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Atribacteria" Dodsworth et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Atribacterota Katayama et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Auribacterota" Momper et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Babelota" corrig. Yeoh et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Bacteria, not assigned to phylum]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Bacteroidota Krieg et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Balneolota Hahnke et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Binatota" Chuvochina et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Bipolaricaulota" Hao et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Caldipriscota" corrig. Colman et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Caldisericota Mori et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Calditrichota Kublanov et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Calescamantes" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Calescibacteriota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Canglongiota" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Chlamydiota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chlorobiota Iino et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chrysiogenota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Cloacimonadota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Cloacimonetes" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Coprothermobacterota Pavan et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Cosmopoliota" Zhang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Cryosericota" Martinez et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Deferrimicrobiota" Begmatov et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Deinococcota Weisburg et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Dependentiae" Yeoh et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Dictyoglomerota corrig. Patel 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dictyoglomota Patel 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Candidatus Dormibacteraeota" Ji et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Dormiibacterota" corrig. Ji et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Electryoneota" Williams et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Elulimicrobiota" corrig. Rodriguez et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Elulota" Rodriguez et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Elusimicrobiota Geissinger et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Fermentibacterota" corrig. Kirkegaard et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Fervidibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Fervidibacterota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Fibrobacterota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gemmatimonadota Zhang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Goldbacteria" Hernsdorf et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Goldiibacteriota" corrig. Hernsdorf et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Gracilibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Heilongiota" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Hinthialibacterota" Williams et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Hydrogenedentes" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Hydrogenedentota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Hydrothermae" Jungbluth et al. 2017	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Hydrothermota" corrig. Jungbluth et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Kapaibacteriota" corrig. Kantor et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Kiritimatiellota Spring et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Krumholzibacteriota" Youssef et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Kryptonia" Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Kryptoniota" corrig. Eloe-Fadrosh et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Latescibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Latescibacterota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Lentisphaerota Cho et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Lernaellota" Williams et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Lithacetigenota" Nobu et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Macinerneyibacteriota" corrig. Yadav et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Margulisbacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Margulisiibacteriota" corrig. Anantharaman et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Methylomirabilota" Viljakainen and Hug 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Microgenomates" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Microgenomatota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Modulibacteria" Sekiguchi et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Moduliflexota" corrig. Sekiguchi et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Muirbacteria" Barnum et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Muiribacteriota" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Mycoplasmatota Murray 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Nitrosediminicolota" Zhao et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Nitrospinota Lücker et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nitrospirota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Omnitrophica" Rinke et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Omnitrophota" corrig. Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Pacebacteria" Brown et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Paceibacterota" corrig. Brown et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Parcunitrobacterota" corrig. Castelle et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Peregrinibacteria" Wrighton et al. 2012	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Peregrinibacteriota" corrig. Wrighton et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Planctomycetota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Pyropristinus" Colman et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Qinglongiota" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Rhodothermota Munoz et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Riflebacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Rifleibacteriota" corrig. Anantharaman et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Saccharibacteria" Albertsen et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Saccharimonadota" corrig. Albertsen et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Spirochaetota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Sumerlaeota" Kadnikov et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Synergistota Jumas-Bilak et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Tectimicrobiota" corrig. Wilson et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Tectomicrobia" Wilson et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermomicrobiota Garrity and Holt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermotogota Reysenbach 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Tianyaibacteriota" corrig. Cui et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vulcanimicrobiota Yabe et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Wirthbacteria" Hug et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Wirthibacterota" corrig. Hug et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Zhurongbacterota" Leng et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: None.

Assigned by: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.

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