Name: "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990

Category: Domain

Proposed as: new domain

Etymology: Gr. neut. dim. n. [βακτήριον] baktêrion, small rod or staff; N.L. n. Bacteria

Original publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • Battistuzzi et al. (2004) assigned the superphylum "Terrabacteria" Battistuzzi et al. 2004 to this domain. Publication: Battistuzzi FU, Feijao A, Hedges SB. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:44.
  • Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the superphylum "Candidatus Patescibacteria" Rinke et al. 2013 to this domain. Publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437.
  • Waite et al. (2020) assigned the phylum "Desulfobacterota" Waite et al. 2020 to this domain. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Bacteriaa"; "Bacteriota"; "Bacteriua".
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002.
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 59

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Abditibacteriota" Tahon et al. 2018	not validly published
    "Acidobacteria" Thrash and Coates 2010	not validly published
    "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow 2012	not validly published
    "Candidatus Aminicenantes" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Aquificae" Reysenbach 2001	not validly published
    "Armatimonadetes" Tamaki et al. 2011	not validly published
    "Atribacterota" Katayama et al. 2020	not validly published
    [Bacteria, not assigned to phylum]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    "Bacteroidetes" Krieg et al. 2010	not validly published
    "Balneolaeota" Hahnke et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Bipolaricaulota" Hao et al. 2018	not validly published
    "Caldiserica" Mori et al. 2009	not validly published
    "Calditrichaeota" Kublanov et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Chlamydiae" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Chlorobi" Iino et al. 2010	not validly published
    "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Chrysiogenetes" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Cloacimonetes" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Coprothermobacterota" Pavan et al. 2018	not validly published
    "Candidatus Cryosericota" Martinez et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985	not validly published
    "Deferribacteres" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Deinococcus-Thermus" Weisburg et al. 1989	not validly published
    "Candidatus Dependentiae" Yeoh et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Dictyoglomi" Patel 2010	not validly published
    "Candidatus Dormibacteraeota" Ji et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Elusimicrobia" Geissinger et al. 2009	not validly published
    "Candidatus Eremiobacteraeota" Ji et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Candidatus Fermentibacteria" Kirkegaard et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Fibrobacteres" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Firmicutes" corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	not validly published
    "Fusobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Gemmatimonadetes" Zhang et al. 2003	not validly published
    "Candidatus Goldbacteria" Hernsdorf et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Candidatus Kapabacteria" Kantor et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Kiritimatiellaeota" Spring et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Krumholzibacteriota" Youssef et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Lentisphaerae" Cho et al. 2004	not validly published
    "Candidatus Margulisbacteria" Anantharaman et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Mcinerneyibacteriota" Yadav et al. 2020	not validly published
    "Candidatus Melainabacteria" Di Rienzi et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Microgenomates" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Nitrospinae" Lücker et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Nitrospirae" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Omnitrophica" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Parcubacteria" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Parcunitrobacteria" Castelle et al. 2017	not validly published
    "Candidatus Peregrinibacteria" Brown et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Planctomycetes" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005	not validly published
    "Rhodothermaeota" Munoz et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Spirochaetes" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Sumerlaeota" Kadnikov et al. 2019	not validly published
    "Synergistetes" Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009	not validly published
    "Tenericutes" Murray 1984	not validly published
    "Thermodesulfobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Thermomicrobia" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Thermotogae" Reysenbach 2001	not validly published
    "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund et al. 1997	not validly published

Parent taxon: None.

Assigned by: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.

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