Name: "Terrabacteria" Battistuzzi et al. 2004

Category: Superphylum

Proposed as: new superphylum

Etymology: Ter.ra.bac.te’ri.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. bacteria, plural of bacterium; N.L. neut. pl. n. Terrabacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ter-ra-bak-TE-ri-a, neuter

Original publication: Battistuzzi FU, Feijao A, Hedges SB. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:44. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Battistuzzi and Hedges (2009) assigned this superphylum to the subdomain "Selabacteria" Battistuzzi and Hedges 2009. Publication: Battistuzzi FU, Hedges SB. Eubacteria. In: The T (eds), S.B. Hedges and S.Kumar, Oxford University Press, New York, 2009, p. 106-115. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Battistuzzi et al. (2004) assigned this superphylum to the domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Battistuzzi FU, Feijao A, Hedges SB. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:44. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Battistuzzi et al. (2004) assigned the phylum "Cyanobacteria" Woese et al. 1985 to this superphylum. Publication: Battistuzzi FU, Feijao A, Hedges SB. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:44. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Battistuzzi et al. (2004) assigned the phylum "Deinococcus-Thermus" Weisburg et al. 1989 to this superphylum. Publication: Battistuzzi FU, Feijao A, Hedges SB. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:44. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Battistuzzi et al. (2004) assigned the phylum "Actinobacteria" to this superphylum. Publication: Battistuzzi FU, Feijao A, Hedges SB. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:44. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Nobu et al. (2023) assigned the phylum "Candidatus Lithacetigenota" Nobu et al. 2023 to this superphylum. Publication: Nobu MK, Nakai R, Tamazawa S, Mori H, Toyoda A, Ijiri A, Suzuki S, Kurokawa K, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. Unique H(2)-utilizing lithotrophy in serpentinite-hosted systems. ISME J 2023; 17:95-104. 🇯🇵
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the phylum "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001 to this superphylum. Publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the phylum "Armatimonadetes" Tamaki et al. 2011 to this superphylum. Publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
  • 🧒 Rinke et al. (2013) assigned the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001 to this superphylum. Publication: Rinke C, Schwientek P, Sczyrba A, Ivanova NN, Anderson IJ, Cheng JF, Darling A, Malfatti S, Swan BK, Gies EA, et al. Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter. Nature 2013; 499:431-437. 🇺🇸
  • 😟 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.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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