Name: "Eobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

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: Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chloroflexota Garrity and Holt 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Chlorobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006	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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Record number: 780