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Taxon: Phylum "Actinobacteria" Garrity and Holt 2001 (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Stackebrandt et al., 1997) G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, in D.R. Boone et al., eds., 2001, nom. descript.
Original name Stackebrandt et al., 1997.
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.) Garrity, G.M. & Holt, J.G. 2001a. In D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz (eds.), in G.M. Garrity (ed.), Bergey's Man. Syst. Bacteriol. (ed. 2) 1: 135 ("phy. nov. Garrity and Holt.", "We propose elevation of the class ... (Stackebrandt et al., 1997)"), 163 ("phy. nov."). [working description].

Attributes

Descriptive name ([nom. illeg.]: nom. descript.) [ICNP, 2025: Rule 8; Judicial Opinion 129: 3-4, 7 (>order)] Ref: D.R. Arahal et al. 2024. Judicial Opinion 129: 7; tbl. 2 (p. 6: "DN"). [implicit]

Variants

Effectively published nameActinobacteria (Phylum) Goodfellow 2012 nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [13 Jun 2026]; 13 Jun 2026. [inferred]
Different rankActinobacteria (Subdivision) Cavalier-Smith 2002
Different rankActinobacteria (Infraphylum) (Margulis 1974) Cavalier-Smith 1998
Different rankActinobacteria (Infraphylum) (Margulis 1974) Cavalier-Smith 1998 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 219. [new]
Different spellingActinomycetes and related organisms ([unranked])

Synonyms

Synonymous nameActinomycetes (Class) Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 98.
Synonymous nameActinomycota (Phylum) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 98.
Synonymous name (objective)Actinobacteria (Phylum) Margulis 1974
IncludingCoryneform Bacteria (Class) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 98.
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