Name: "Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Gender: neuter

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 name is a homonym of "Cyanobacteria" (ex Stanier 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2002.
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Candidatus Melainabacteria" Soo et al. 2014	not validly published

Parent taxon: "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990

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