Subdivision "Crenarchaeota"

Name: "Crenarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Subdivision

Proposed as: new subdivision

Etymology: Cren.ar.chae.o’ta. Gr. fem. n. krênê, spring, fount; Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. pl. n. Crenarchaeota, Archaea resembling their source [incorrectly formed: implied type unavailable]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kren-ar-kha͡e-O-ta, neuter

Type order: Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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Record number: 4613

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