Phylum "Planctobacteria"

Name: "Planctobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1987) Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Planctobacteria, From Planctomycetales, the type and best-known free-living members.

Gender: neuter

Type order: Planctomycetales Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987

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: Planctomycetota Garrity and Holt 2021

Parent taxon: Pseudomonadati (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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Record number: 882
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