Name: "Archaebacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Gr. archae, ancient; N.L. n. Archaebacteria

Type order: Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Mendosicutes" Murray 1984	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Methanobacteriota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Methanobacteraeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this phylum to the subkingdom "Unibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the subphylum "Euryarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the subphylum "Crenarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2014) assigned the subphylum "Filarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2014 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran revolution and phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and cilia in the light of intracellular coevolution and a revised tree of life. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2014; 6:a016006.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Achaebacteria"; "Archaeabacteria"; "Archarbacteria"; "Archeabacteria"; "Archebacteiia"; "Archebacteria".
  • The name "Archaebacteria" was previously given to a kingdom (kingdom "Archaebacteria" Woese and Fox 1977). In 1988, this taxon was validly published as a new classis, Archaeobacteria Murray 1988, class. nov., nom. rev. Publication: Murray RGE. The higher taxa, or, a place for everything..? In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 31-34.

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Record number: 782