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Paraphyletic? taxon: Domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. (prokaryote)
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Original position

organisms ([unranked])

Original entries

Aquificae (Phylum) Reysenbach 2002 stat. inval.
Chloroflexi (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Chrysiogenetes (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Deferribacteres (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Gemmatimonadetes (Phylum) Zhang et al. 2003 stat. inval.
Thermodesulfobacteria (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Thermomicrobia (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval.
Thermotogae (Phylum) Reysenbach 2002 stat. inval.

Subsequent entries

Acetothermia (Phylum) (sic) Rinke et al. 2013 nom. pro-inval. Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Aerophobetes (Phylum) Rinke et al. 2013 nom. pro-inval., orth. inval. Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Aminicenantes (Phylum) (sic) Rinke et al. 2013 nom. pro-inval. Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Atribacteria (Phylum) Dodsworth et al. 2013 nom. pro-inval. Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Calescamantes (Phylum) Rinke et al. 2013 Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Candidate Phyla Radiation ([unranked]) Brown et al. 2015 Ref: C.T. Brown et al., 2015: 211.
Fervidibacteria (Phylum) (sic) Rinke et al. 2013 nom. pro-inval. Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Hydrogenedentes (Phylum) (sic) Rinke et al. 2013 nom. pro-inval. Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Patescibacteria (Superphylum) Rinke et al. 2013 nom. nud. Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 10 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 15 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 16 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 3 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 4 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 5 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 6 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 7 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.
Uncultured Bacterial Phylum 8 (Phylum) Parks et al. 2017 Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 2.

Current position

Biota (Clade) Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020] Ref: J. Wiemann et al., 2020: [13]. [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

organisms ([unranked]) Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027); Hug et al., 2016: fig. 1.
procaryotes ([unranked]) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 3.
prokaryotes ([unranked]) Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [30 Aug 2017].

Historical positions

prokaryotes ([unranked]) Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 5. [inferred]
organisms ([unranked]) Ref: K. Anantharaman et al., 2016: fig. 2; 4.
prokaryotes ([unranked]) Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [30 Aug 2017].
life ([unranked]) Ref: L.A. Hug et al., 2016: 1, fig. 1.
prokaryotes ([unranked]) Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
organisms ([unranked]) Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
organisms ([unranked]) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 32.
life ([unranked]) Ref: J. Cracraft & M.J. Donoghue, 2004: fig. 34.1.
Procaryotic Genera ([unranked]) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 3.
procaryotes ([unranked]) Ref: N.R. Krieg, 2001: 21; xv.
procaryotes ([unranked]) Ref: N.R. Krieg, 2001: 21; [156].
organisms ([unranked]) Ref: C.R. Woese et al., 1990: 4579. [new rank]

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 144p;65c;142o;348f;2526g;10,764s;401ss;18v;4; †1f;7g;9s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 26p;41c;104o;290f;1867g
2017 D.H. Parks et al.: fig. 2 76[[>]75]p
2016 J.P. Euzéby: [13 Sep 2017] [29p;64c;145o;326f;2423g]
2016 L.A. Hug et al.: fig. 1 92[87]p
2013 C. Rinke et al.: fig. 2 [43p]
2007 G.M. Garrity et al. [25p;34c;83o;226f;1382g;6330s;362ss]
2001b G.M. Garrity et al.: 26 [23p;31c;72o;194f;935g]
2001 D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz 23p;31c;73o;195f;935g
2001a G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt: 166 [23p;31c;71o;178f;873g]
2000 23p31c71o178f873g
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