Name: "Sphingobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: Gr. sphiggo, strangle, because they have sphingolipids; N.L. neut. pl. n. Sphingobacteria

Type order: Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

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: "Bacteroidetes" Krieg et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacteroidetes" Krieg et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Bacteroidaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Bacteroidota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Bacteroidota Oren and Garrity 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this phylum to the infrakingdom "Glycobacteria" 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 (2006) assigned this phylum to the infrakingdom "Gracilicutes" Cavalier-Smith 2006. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
  • 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the class Flavobacteria 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 Chlorobea 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 and Chao (2020) assigned the subphylum "Gemmatimonadetes" 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subphylum "Calditrichae" 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subphylum "Chlorobia" 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subphylum "Fibrobacteres" 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the subphylum "Cloacimonetes" 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Sphigobacteria"; "Sphyngobacteria".
  • Sphingobacteria was previously known as "Sphingobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1987. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The origin of cells: a symbiosis between genes, catalysts, and membranes. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 1987; 52:805-824.

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