Name: Bacteria Woese et al. 2024

Category: Domain

Proposed as: dom. nov.

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:
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022 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.
  • 🧒 Göker 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Dictyoglomerota corrig. Patel 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Actinomycetota Goodfellow 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Aquificota Reysenbach 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Armatimonadota Tamaki 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Atribacterota Katayama 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Bacteroidota Krieg 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Balneolota Hahnke 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.
  • 🧒 Göker 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Caldisericota Mori 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Calditrichota Kublanov 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.
  • 🧒 Göker 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Chlamydiota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Chlorobiota Iino 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Chrysiogenota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Coprothermobacterota Pavan 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Deferribacterota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Deinococcota Weisburg 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Elusimicrobiota Geissinger 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Fibrobacterota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Fusobacteriota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Gemmatimonadota Zhang 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.
  • 🧒 Göker 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Kiritimatiellota Spring 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Lentisphaerota Cho 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Mycoplasmatota Murray 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.
  • 🧒 Göker 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Nitrospinota Lücker 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Nitrospirota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Planctomycetota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Rhodothermota Munoz 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Spirochaetota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Synergistota Jumas-Bilak 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermomicrobiota Garrity and Holt 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Thermotogota Reysenbach 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 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.
  • 🧒 Göker 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.
  • 🧒 Göker and Oren (2024) assigned the phylum Abditibacteriota Tahon 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.
  • 🧒 Göker 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.
  • 🧒 Lian et al. (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Zhuqueibacterota" Lian et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Lian ZH, Salam N, Tan S, Yuan Y, Li MM, Li YX, Liu ZT, Hu CJ, Lv AP, OuYang YT, et al. Metagenomic analysis sheds light on the mixotrophic lifestyle of bacterial phylum Zhuqueibacterota. Imeta 2024; 3:e249.
  • 🧒 Su et al. (2024) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Effluviviacota" Su et al. 2024 to this domain. Publication: Su L, Marshall IPG, Teske AP, Yao H, Li J. Genomic characterization of the bacterial phylum Candidatus Effluviviacota, a cosmopolitan member of the global seep microbiome. mBio 2024; 15:e0099224.
  • 🧒 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).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Aquificida" Luketa 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Bacteria, not assigned to kingdom]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Fusobacteriati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Fusobacterida" Luketa 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Hydrobacterida" Luketa 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Pseudomonadati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Terrabacterida" Luketa 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Thermotogati Battistuzzi and Hedges 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermotogida" Luketa 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

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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