Name: "Rhodobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1987) Cavalier-Smith 1998

Category: Subphylum

Proposed as: new subphylum

Etymology: Rho.do.bac.te’ri.a. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, rose, because all purple photosynthetic bacteria, many with names beginning Rhodo-, are included; N.L. neut. pl. n. Rhodobacteria

Pronunciation, gender: r^ho-do-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this subphylum to the phylum "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this subphylum to the phylum "Proteobacteria" Gray and Herwig 1996. 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 (2006) assigned this subphylum to the phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this subphylum to the phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005. 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 (1998) assigned the infraphylum "Alphabacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1992) Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this subphylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned the infraphylum "Chromatibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998 to this subphylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the class "Chromatibacteria" 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 Alphabacteria 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 (2006) assigned the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 to this subphylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2006) assigned the class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 to this subphylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (2006) assigned the class Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 to this subphylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Rooting the tree of life by transition analyses. Biol Direct 2006; 1:19.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the class "Caulobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this subphylum. 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 class "Chromatiia" Cavalier-Smith 2020 to this subphylum. 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 class "Nitrospinia" Luecker et al. 2013 to this subphylum. 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 class "Candidatus Mariprofundia" corrig. Emerson et al. 2007 to this subphylum. 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 class Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020 to this subphylum. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 😵 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.

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