Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	T. Cavalier-Smith, 1992/2002, stat. inval.
Original name, rank & spelling	:	Cavalier-Smith, T. 1992. In D.J. Chadwick & J. Whelan (eds.), CIBA Foundation Symposium (no. 171): tbl. 2 (p. 70).
Validating publication	:	Cavalier-Smith, T. 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "(Cavalier-Smith, 1992a) infraregnum nov.").
Description/Diagnosis in English	:	op. cit.: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "Description").

Validation

Validated name

Eobacteria (Division) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "As for infrakingdom above"). [new]

Greek (subst.) eos, dawn.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). ("because the absence of lipopolysaccharide suggests they may be the earliest negibacteria")

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

Chloroflexales (Order) "Castenholz 2001" nom. nud.

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

Not validly published name	:	*Eobacteria* (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith 1992 nom. inval.	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [new]
Different rank	:	*Eobacteria* (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 218. [new]
Different rank	:	*Eobacteria* (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval.

Bacteria (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.