Phylum "Actinobacteria"
Name: "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow 2012
Etymology: Ac.ti.no.bac.te’ri.a Gr. fem. n. actis -inos, a ray, beam; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; Gr. fem. adj. suff. -ia, ending denoting phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Actinobacteria, actinomycete bacteria with diverse morphologies
Type order: Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Original publication:
Goodfellow M. Phylum XXVI. Actinobacteria phyl. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 5, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 33-34. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Actinobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, not validly published "Actinobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018 heterotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acinobacteria"; "Acnitobacteria"; "Actinombacteria"; "Actionbacteria"; "Actionobacteria"; "Antinobacteria".
- This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Actinobacterium".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Acidimicrobiia Norris 2013 validly published correct name Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997 validly published, illegitimate name in need of a replacement [Actinobacteria, not assigned to class] artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis Coriobacteriia König 2013 validly published correct name Nitriliruptoria Ludwig et al. 2013 validly published correct name Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013 validly published correct name Thermoleophilia Suzuki and Whitman 2013 validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990
Assigned by:
Goodfellow M. Phylum XXVI. Actinobacteria phyl. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 5, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 33-34.
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