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Phylum "Planctobacteria"
Name: "Planctobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1987) Cavalier-Smith 2020
Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Planctobacteria, From Planctomycetales, the type and best-known free-living members.
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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Planctomycetota" Whitman et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, not validly published "Planctomycetes" Garrity and Holt 2001 homotypic synonym, not validly published Planctomycetota Garrity and Holt 2021 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Planctomycetaeota" Oren et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Planctochlora" Cavalier-Smith 2020.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
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🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subphylum "Elusimicrobia" 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.
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🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subphylum "Euplancta" 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).
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🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Planctochlora" Cavalier-Smith 2020.
Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
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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