Infrakingdom "Thermobacteria"

Name: "Thermobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Infrakingdom

Proposed as: new infrakingdom

Etymology: Ther.mo.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot, stem of type genus of type order; N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, to denote high rank; N.L. neut. pl. n. Thermobacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ther-mo-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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Record number: 14416

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