Name: "Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, blue-green, because of their common colour and the traditional name Cyanophyceae or blue-green algae; N.L. neut. pl. n. Cyanobacteria

Pronunciation, gender: ky-a-no-bak-TE-ri-a, 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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Cyanoprokaryota" Komárek and Golubić 1990	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, descriptive name
    Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Protophytaria Walton 1931	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name
    Cyanobacteria Garcia-Pichel et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name
    Cyanophyta Geitler 1925	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), descriptive name
    Cyanobacteriophyta corrig. Oren et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, inappropriate correction

• 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 (1998) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Pimelobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧕 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 superdivision "Cyanobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2006) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
  • 🧕 Luketa (2012) assigned this phylum to the kingdom "Terrabacterida" Luketa 2012. Publication: Luketa S. New views on the megaclassification of life. Protistology 2012; 7:218-237.
  • 🧕 Woese et al. (1985) assigned this phylum to the domain "Bacteria". Publication: Woese CR, Stackebrandt E, Macke TJ, Fox GE. A phylogenetic definition of the major eubacterial taxa. Syst Appl Microbiol 1985; 6:143-151.
  • 🧒 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 (1998) assigned the subphylum "Gloeobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned the subphylum "Phycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the subphylum "Gloeobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998 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 "Phycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998 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.
  • 🧒 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885 to this phylum. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧒 Mai et al. (2018) assigned the family Prochlorotrichaceae Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989 to this phylum. Publication: Mai T, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Bohunická M, Martin MP. Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species. Phytotaxa 2018; 365:1-59.
  • 🧒 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ayanobacteria"; "Ceanobacteria"; "Cianobacteria"; "Crynobacteria"; "Cvanobacteria"; "Cyanbacteria"; "Cyannbacteria"; "Cyanobacleiia"; "Cyanobacte"; "Cyanobacteiia"; "Cyanobacteriae"; "Cyanobactma"; "Cyanohacteria"; "Cyantobacteria"; "Cyarzobacteria"; "Cyatiobacteria"; "Cyauobacteria"; "Cynaobacteria"; "Cynnobacteria"; "Cynobacteria"; "Oyanobacteria"; "Qjanobacteria".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Cyanobacteria Garcia-Pichel et al. 2020.
  • 😟 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillati (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6242.

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