Name: "Archaebacteria" Woese and Fox 1977

Category: Kingdom

Proposed as: regn. nov.

Etymology: Ar.chae.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. archaea, ancient; N.L. neut. pl. n. Archaebacteria

Pronunciation, gender: ar-k^ha͡e-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Original publication: Woese CR, Fox GE. Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: the primary kingdoms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1977; 74:5088-5090.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1987) assigned this kingdom to the domain "Prokaryota". Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The origin of cells: a symbiosis between genes, catalysts, and membranes. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 1987; 52:805-824. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1987) assigned this kingdom to the superkingdom "Prokaryota" Margulis 1974. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The origin of eukaryotic and archaebacterial cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1987; 503:17-54. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Woese and Fox (1977) assigned the genus Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this kingdom. Publication: Woese CR, Fox GE. Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: the primary kingdoms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1977; 74:5088-5090.
  • 🧒 Woese and Fox (1977) assigned the genus Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) to this kingdom. Publication: Woese CR, Fox GE. Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: the primary kingdoms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1977; 74:5088-5090.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Achaebacteria"; "Archaeabacteria"; "Archarbacteria"; "Archeabacteria"; "Archebacteiia"; "Archebacteria".
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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Record number: 30090