Name: "Oxyphotobacteriae" Gibbons and Murray 1978

Category: Subclass

Proposed as: subclass. nov.

Etymology: Ox.y.pho.to.bac.ter’i.ae. Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sharp, acid (oxygen); Gr. neut. n. phôs (gen. phôtos), light; Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, a small rod; N.L. fem. pl. n. Oxyphotobacteriae, light-requiring bacteria that produce oxygen

Gender: feminine

Type order: "Cyanobacteriales" (Stanier 1973) Gibbons and Murray 1978

Original publication: Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals concerning the higher taxa of bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals Concerning the Higher Taxa of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.
  • 🧕 Gibbons and Murray (1978) assigned this subclass to the class Photobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals Concerning the Higher Taxa of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.
  • 🧒 Gibbons and Murray (1978) assigned the order "Cyanobacteriales" (Stanier 1973) Gibbons and Murray 1978 to this subclass. Publication: Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals Concerning the Higher Taxa of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.
  • 🧒 Gibbons and Murray (1978) assigned the order "Prochlorales" Lewin 1977 to this subclass. Publication: Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals Concerning the Higher Taxa of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
  • 🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Rank elevation of this subclass apparently resulted in Oxyphotobacteria (ex Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605. 🇩🇪

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