Name: "Prokaryota" Margulis 1974

Category: Superkingdom

Proposed as: new superkingdom

Original publication: Margulis L. The Classification and Evolution of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. In: King RC (eds), Handbook of genetics, vol. 1. Bacteria, Bacteriophages, and Fungi, Springer, Boston, MA, 1974, p. 1-41.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Margulis (1996) assigned this superkingdom to the domain "Prokarya" Margulis 1996. Publication: Margulis L. Archaeal-eubacterial mergers in the origin of Eukarya: phylogenetic classification of life. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:1071-1076.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned the kingdom "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981 to this superkingdom. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (1987) assigned the kingdom "Archaebacteria" Woese and Fox 1977 to this superkingdom. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The origin of eukaryotic and archaebacterial cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1987; 503:17-54.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (1987) assigned the kingdom "Eubacteria" Woese and Fox 1977 to this superkingdom. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The origin of eukaryotic and archaebacterial cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1987; 503:17-54.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned the kingdom "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981 to this superkingdom. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 😟 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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Record number: 43173