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Name: "Crenarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2002
Etymology: Cren.arch.ae.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]
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