Name: "Actinobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Subphylum

Proposed as: new subphylum

Etymology: Gr. actino, ray, because of their often filamentous character and inclusion of all actinomycetes

Type order: Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 (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

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this subphylum to the phylum "Posibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the class Arthrobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this subphylum. 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the class Arabobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this subphylum. 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the class Streptomycetes Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this subphylum. 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Actinombacteria"; "Actionbacteria"; "Actionobacteria"; "Antinobacteria".
  • Actinobacteria was previously validly published as class, Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997.

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