Name: "Proteobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. Prôteus, a sea god able to assume many shapes, referring to the great variety of bacteria included; N.L. neut. pl. n. Proteobacteria, protean group of bacteria of diverse properties despite a common ancestry (not formed from a genus name)

Gender: neuter

Type order: "Enterobacteriales" Garrity and Holt 2001

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

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Jroleobacteria"; "Jroteobacteria"; "Pateobacteria"; "Pmteobacteria"; "Preotobacteria"; "Profeobacferia"; "Profeobacteria"; "Proleobacteria"; "Proreobacteria"; "Protebacteria"; "Protenbacteria"; "Proteobacleiia"; "Proteobacleria"; "Proteobacreria"; "Proteobacteiia"; "Proteobactena"; "Proteobacteriota"; "Proteobactma"; "Proteobuctena"; "Proteoobacteria"; "Proteoteobacteria"; "Proterobacteria"; "Protevbacteria"; "Prothbacteria"; "Protobacteria"; "Protrobacteria"; "Prottabacteria"; "Prottobacteria"; "Prouabacteria"; "Prouobacteria"; "Pvoteobacteria".
  • This taxon name is occasionally used in singular form as: "Proteobacter"; "Proteobacterium".
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005.
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996.

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