Name: "Oxybacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020

Category: Superphylum

Proposed as: new superphylum

Etymology: O.xy.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Oxybacteria, Oxy (from oxygen) and bacteria as they are oxygenic photosynthesisers plus their closest relatives.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-xy-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this superphylum to the kingdom "Eubacteria" Woese and Fox 1977. 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 this superphylum to the subkingdom "Eoglycobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2020. 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 genus Prochlorococcus Chisholm et al. 2020 to this superphylum. 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 genus Vampirovibrio Gromov and Mamkayeva 1980 to this superphylum. 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 phylum Cyanobacteria Garcia-Pichel et al. 2020 to this superphylum. 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.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Cavalier Smith) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Cavalier Smith and Chao).

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