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Name: "Rhodobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. rhodon, rose, because all purple photosynthetic bacteria, many with names beginning Rhodo-, are included; N.L. neut. pl. n. Rhodobacteria
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