Subkingdom "Negibacteria"

Name: "Negibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Subkingdom

Proposed as: new subkingdom

Etymology: L. masc. adj. negativus, negative, since most stain Gram-negative, contraction; N.L. neut. pl. n. Negibacteria, a taxon name

Gender: 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: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Neonegibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020

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Record number: 4600

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