Name: "Phycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, seaweed, because all the traditional blue-green algae and the prochlorophytes are included; N.L. neut. pl. n. Phycobacteria
Type order: Chroococcales Cavalier-Smith 2002
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
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Record number: 4609