Subdivision "Rhodobacteria"

Name: "Rhodobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Subdivision

Proposed as: new subdivision

Etymology: Rho.do.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, rose, because all purple photosynthetic bacteria, many with names beginning Rhodo-, are included; N.L. neut. pl. n. Rhodobacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rho-do-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: "Enterobacteriales" Garrity and Holt 2001

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: 4610
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