Name: "Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Original publication: Woese CR, Stackebrandt E, Macke TJ, Fox GE. A Phylogenetic Definition of the Major Eubacterial Taxa. System. 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.
  • Soo et al. (2014) assigned the class "Candidatus Melainabacteria" Soo et al. 2014 to this phylum. Publication: Soo RM, Skennerton CT, Sekiguchi Y, Imelfort M, Paech SJ, Dennis PG, Steen JA, Parks DH, Tyson GW, Hugenholtz P. An expanded genomic representation of the phylum cyanobacteria. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:1031-1045.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cianobacteria"; "Cyanobacteriae"; "Cynobacteria".
  • 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.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990

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