Name: "Eobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Gr. eos, dawn, because the absence of lipopolysaccharide suggests they may be the earliest negibacteria; N.L. neut. pl. n. Eobacteria

Type order: Chloroflexales Gupta et al. 2013

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: "Chlorobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chlorobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroflexota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chloroflexaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this phylum to the infrakingdom "Eobacteria" 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 (2002) assigned the class Chlorobacteria 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 class Hadobacteria 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.

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