Original publication:
Woese CR, Stackebrandt E, Macke TJ, Fox GE. A phylogenetic definition of the major eubacterial taxa. Syst Appl Microbiol 1985; 6:143-151.
Nomenclatural status:
not validly published
Notes:
Battistuzzi et al. (2004) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Terrabacteria" Battistuzzi et al. 2004.Publication:
Battistuzzi FU, Feijao A, Hedges SB. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:44.
Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this phylum to the infrakingdom "Glycobacteria" 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 (2006) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Cyanobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Oxybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
Boone et al. (2001) assigned the class "Cyanobacteria" to this phylum.Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the subphylum "Phycobacteria" 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 "Gloeobacteria" 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.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cianobacteria"; "Crynobacteria"; "Cvanobacteria"; "Cyannbacteria"; "Cyanobacleiia"; "Cyanobacteiia"; "Cyanobacteriae"; "Cyanobactma"; "Cyanohacteria"; "Cyantobacteria"; "Cyarzobacteria"; "Cyatiobacteria"; "Cyauobacteria"; "Cynaobacteria"; "Cynnobacteria"; "Cynobacteria"; "Qjanobacteria".
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: minutes of the closed online meeting, 10-30 June 2014. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3910-3912.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: minutes of the meetings, 11 August 2009, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3907-3909.
The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 37; SAG: 21; NIES: 19; MCC: 18; DSM: 17; UTEX: 17; CCAP: 16; FCME: 11; NIVA-CYA: 9; ULC: 9.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1 Total number of child taxa: 2