Name: "Eurybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Eu.ry.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. neut. adj. eury, broad (because of broad range of phenotypes); Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, rod; N.L. neut. pl. n. Eurybacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e͡u-ry-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: "Heliobacteriales" Cavalier-Smith 2006

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2006) assigned this phylum to the infrakingdom "Eurybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2006) assigned the class Togobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2006) assigned the class "Fusobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2006) assigned the class "Selenobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2006 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19. 🇬🇧
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Eurybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998.

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