Name: "Endobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1998) Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: En.do.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. pref. endo-, within, because spores are formed within an enveloping forespore cell; N.L. neut. pl. n. Endobacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-do-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Eurybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halanaerobiota" corrig. Alsufyani 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermodesulfobiota Frolov et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillota" Whitman et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Clostridiota" Misery et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halanaerobiaeota" Alsufyani 2018	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Bacillota Gibbons and Murray 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacillaeota" Oren et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this phylum to the subkingdom "Posibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the class "Halanaerobiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the class "Selenomonadia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the class "Clostridiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the class "Bacillia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).

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. — Göker M, Oren A. Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 🇩🇪

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