Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	(T. Cavalier-Smith, 1992 ex) T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002, stat. praeinit.
Unavailable original name & spelling	:	Cavalier-Smith, T. 1992. In D.J. Chadwick & J. Whelan (eds.), CIBA Foundation Symposium (no. 171): tbl. 2 (p. 70: "Infrakingdom"). [nom. inval.].
Original name, rank & spelling	:	Cavalier-Smith, T. 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "(Cavalier-Smith, 1992a) divisio nov."; "phyla (=divisions)").

Validation

Validating description/diagnosis

Eobacteria (Infrakingdom) 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")

Pre-starting-point rank (stat. inval.[: praeinit.]) [ICNP, 2022: p. 1, Rules 5b, 8 (phylum, <2021)]

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]

Equivalent rank	:	*Eobacteria* (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval.		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 10: "phyla (=divisions)"). [new]
Different rank	:	*Eobacteria* (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998