Name: "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Domain

Proposed as: dom. nov.

Etymology: Bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Bacteria, derived from the plural of bacterium (not formed from a genus name)

Pronunciation, gender: bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: "Enterobacteriales" Garrity and Holt 2001

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)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acteria"; "Bacteira"; "Bacteriaa"; "Bacterie"; "Bacterima"; "Bacteriota"; "Bacteriua"; "Bncteria".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Bacteria Woese et al. 2024.
  • 🖹 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. 🇳🇿
  • 🧍 See Shatalkin (2004) for a discussion of this publication. Publication: Shatalkin AI. [Highest level of division in classification of organisms. 3. Monodermata and Didermata]. Zh Obshch Biol 2004; 65:195-210. 🇷🇺

Parent taxon: None.

Assigned by: 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. 🇬🇧

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