Name: "Spirochaetae" (Ehrenberg 1855) Cavalier-Smith 1998

Category: Phylum

Proposed as: phyl. nov.

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Spirochaetota Garrity and Holt 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Spirochaetota" Whitman et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Spirochaetaeota" Oren et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Spirochaetes" Garrity and Holt 2001	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Spirochaetota Garrity and Holt 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this phylum to the superphylum "Endoflagellata". Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 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 (1998) assigned the subphylum "Euspirochaetae" Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned the subphylum "Leptospirae" Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this phylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 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.
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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Record number: 29259