Name: "Actinobacteria" (Margulis 1974) Cavalier-Smith 1998

Category: Infraphylum

Proposed as: new infraphylum

Etymology: Ac.ti.no.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), a ray, beam; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, plural of bacterium; N.L. neut. pl. n. Actinobacteria, actinomycete bacteria with diverse morphologies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this infraphylum to the subphylum "Teichobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this infraphylum to the subkingdom "Posibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned the genus Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) to this infraphylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned the genus Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980) to this infraphylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Neuenschwander et al. (2018) assigned the order "Candidatus Nanopelagicales" Neuenschwander et al. 2018 to this infraphylum. Publication: Neuenschwander SM, Ghai R, Pernthaler J, Salcher MM. Microdiversification in genome-streamlined ubiquitous freshwater Actinobacteria. ISME J 2018; 12:185-198. 🇨🇭
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acentobacteria"; "Acfinobacteria"; "Acinobacteria"; "Acitinobacteria"; "Acitnobacteria"; "Aclinobacteria"; "Acnitobacteria"; "Acnnobacteria"; "Acrimbacteria"; "Actbacteria"; "Actenobacteria"; "Actiizobacteria"; "Actinbacteria"; "Actinibacteria"; "Actinobacteiia"; "Actinobacterla"; "Actinobacteru"; "Actinobacteu"; "Actinobactew"; "Actinobactrria"; "Actinobacttria"; "Actinobacyteria"; "Actinobateria"; "Actinohacteria"; "Actinombacteria"; "Actinomicrobia"; "Actionbacteria"; "Actionobacteria"; "Actnobacteria"; "Actonobacteria"; "Adinobacteria"; "Antinobacteria".
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.

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