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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Kingdom Terrabacterida

Name: Terrabacterida Luketa 2012

Category: Kingdom

Proposed as: regn. nov.

Etymology: Ter.ra.bac.te.ri.da. L. fem. n. terra, earth, land; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a bacterium; N.L. neut. pl. n. Terrabacterida, terrestrial bacteria

Gender: neuter

Valid publication: Luketa S. New views on the megaclassification of life. Protistology 2012; 7:218-237. 🇷🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

Parent taxon: Bacteria Woese et al. 2024

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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Record number: 29046

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