Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	T. Cavalier-Smith, 1987/2002, stat. inval.
Original name, rank & spelling	:	Cavalier-Smith, T. 1987b. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 503 (1): tbl. 1 (p. 18).
Validating publication	:	Cavalier-Smith, T. 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "(Cavalier-Smith, 1987b) subregnum nov.").
Description/Diagnosis in English	:	op. cit.: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "Description").

Etymology

Latin negativus, negative.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). ("Contraction from ..., since most stain Gram-negative")

Rank not covered by the Code (stat. inval.) [ICNP, 2025: Rule 5b]

Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 25 Nov 2025.

Type, by original designation

Enterobacteriales (Order) "Garrity and Holt 2001" nom. nud.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [new]

Not validly published name

Negibacteria (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith 1987 nom. inval.

Synonymous name	:	*Gracilicutes* (Division) Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 220.
In	:	*Bacteria* (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
In (pro parte)	:	*Gracilicutes* (Phylum)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 218.

Full name

negibacteria