Subkingdom "Unibacteria"

Name: "Unibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Subkingdom

Proposed as: new subkingdom

Etymology: L. masc. adj. unus, one, referring to the always single bounding membrane, in contrast to the two membranes of Negibacteria; N.L. neut. pl. n. Unibacteria

Gender: neuter

Type order: Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

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: 4601

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