Name: "Spirochaetae" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. pl. n. Spirochaetae, From the genus Spirochaeta.

Type order: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (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: "Spirochaetes" Garrity and Holt 2001

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirochaetes" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Spirochaetaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Spirochaetota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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 "Spirochaetes" 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 Spirochaetes 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 class "Leptospiria" 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 class Spirochaetia Paster 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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