Name: "Chlorobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Subkingdom

Proposed as: new subkingdom

Etymology: Chlo.ro.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; Gr. neut. n. baktêria, staff, cane; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Chlorobacteria, group of bacteria named after the colour of the photosynthetic species

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hlo-ro-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Type order: Chloroflexales Gupta et al. 2013

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this subkingdom to the kingdom "Eubacteria" Woese and Fox 1977. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the phylum "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001 to this subkingdom. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 😵 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.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).

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