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Taxon: Kingdom "Bacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998 nom. inval. - bacteria (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998, nom. inval.
Unavailable original name Cohn, F. 1870. Beitr. Biol. Pfl. 1 (1): 113, 129 ("Bacterien").
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling Cavalier-Smith, T. 1981. BioSystems 14 (3-4): tbl. 11 (p. 477). [nom. nud.].
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling Cavalier-Smith, T. 1983b. In H.E.A. Schenk & W. Schwemmler (eds.), Endocytobiology II: tbl. 1 (p. 1028). [nom. nud.].
Original name, rank & spelling tbl. 1 (p. 208: "Cohn 1870 stat. nov. Cavalier-Smith 1983").
Description/Diagnosis in English Cavalier-Smith, T. 1998. Biol. Rev. 73: tbl. 1 (p. 208: "no internal cytoskeleton, endomembrane system, nuclei, mitosis or true sex").

Validation

Validated nameBacteria (Kingdom) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [new]

Etymology

Greek bakterion, little stick. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 41.

Attributes

Effectively, but not validly, published name (nom. inval.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 25, App. 7 (IJSEM)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 25 Nov 2025.

Variants

Validly published nameBacteria (Kingdom) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10). [new]
Different rankBacteria (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.

Homonyms

Allowed homonymBacteria (Genus) Latreille, Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau, Serville & Guerin, 1825

Synonyms

Synonymous nameMonera (Kingdom) Haeckel 1866 Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 39.
Synonymous nameProcaryotae (Kingdom) Murray 1968 (Approved Lists 1980) stat. inval. Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 39.
Synonymous name (objective)Prokaryotae (Superkingdom) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 39.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namebacteria
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