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Bacteria

6  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:6)

  1. Biota
  2. Bacteria
Woese, Kandler & Wheelis, 2024
accepted
Kingdom
Biota
Omnibacteria · unaccepted (no longer accepted at phylum level)
Schizophyta · unaccepted (obsolete name)

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  1. Phylum Abditibacteriota
  2. Phylum Acidobacteriota
  3. Phylum Actinomycetota
  4. Genus Animikiea E.S. Barghoorn in E.S. Barghoorn & S.A. Tyler, 1965 †
  5. Phylum Aquificota
  6. Phylum Armatimonadota
  7. Phylum Atribacterota
  8. Phylum Bacillota
  9. Phylum Bacteria incertae sedis
  10. Phylum Bacteroidota
  11. Phylum Balneolota
  12. Phylum Caldisericota
  13. Phylum Calditrichota
  14. Phylum Chlamydiota
  15. Phylum Chlorobiota
  16. Phylum Chloroflexota
  17. Phylum Chrysiogenota
  18. Genus Coleobacter J.H. Oehler, 1977 †
  19. Genus Concentrisphaera G. Burmann, 1998 †
  20. Phylum Coprothermobacterota
  21. Genus Crassosphaera G. Burmann, 1998 †
  22. Phylum Cyanobacteriota
  23. Phylum Deferribacterota
  24. Phylum Deinococcota
  25. Phylum Dictyoglomerota
  26. Phylum Elusimicrobiota
  27. Genus Eoastrion E.S. Barghoorn in Barghoorn & Tyler, 1965 †
  28. Genus Fabiformis V.G. Pyatiletov, 1988 †
  29. Genus Favososphaera G. Burmann, 1972 †
  30. Genus Ferrimonilis J.H. Oehler, 1977 †
  31. Phylum Fibrobacterota
  32. Phylum Fidelibacterota
  33. Phylum Fusobacteriota
  34. Phylum Gemmatimonadota
  35. Genus Globus G. Vidal in Moczydłowska & Vidal, 1988 †
  36. Genus Gunflintia E.S. Barghoorn in Barghoorn & Tyler, 1965 †
  37. Genus Kakabekia E.S. Barghoorn in Barghoorn & Tyler, 1965 †
  38. Phylum Kiritimatiellota
  39. Phylum Lentisphaerota
  40. Genus Leptoteichos A.H. Knoll, E.S. Barghoorn & S.M. Awramik, 1978 †
  41. Genus Microagglomeratus S.M. Awramik in Allison & Awramik, 1989 †
  42. Phylum Minisyncoccota
  43. Phylum Mycoplasmatota
  44. Phylum Nitrospinota
  45. Phylum Nitrospirota
  46. Phylum Planctomycetota
  47. Phylum Pseudomonadota
  48. Genus Ramacia J.H. Oehler, 1977 †
  49. Genus Rhicnonema H.J. Hoffmann, 1976 †
  50. Phylum Rhodothermota
  51. Genus Sibiricum Stanevich, 2004 †
  52. Phylum Spirochaetota
  53. Phylum Synergistota
  54. Genus Tenuisphaera G. Burmann, 1998 †
  55. Phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota
  56. Phylum Thermomicrobiota
  57. Phylum Thermotogota
  58. Phylum Verrucomicrobiota
  59. Phylum Vulcanimicrobiota
  60. Phylum Acidobacteria accepted as Acidobacteriota (phylum renamed)
  61. Phylum Actinobacteria accepted as Actinomycetota (phylum renamed)
  62. Phylum Aquificae accepted as Aquificota (phylum renamed)
  63. Phylum Armatimonadetes accepted as Armatimonadota (phylum renamed)
  64. Phylum Bacteroidetes accepted as Bacteroidota (phylum renamed)
  65. Phylum Balneolaeota accepted as Balneolota (phylum renamed)
  66. Phylum Caldiserica accepted as Caldisericota (phylum renamed)
  67. Phylum Calditrichaeota accepted as Calditrichota (phylum renamed)
  68. Phylum Chlamydiae accepted as Chlamydiota (phylum renamed)
  69. Phylum Chlorobi accepted as Chlorobiota (phylum renamed)
  70. Phylum Chloroflexi accepted as Chloroflexota (phylum renamed)
  71. Phylum Chrysiogenetes accepted as Chrysiogenota (phylum renamed)
  72. Phylum Cyanobacteria accepted as Cyanobacteriota (not validly formed according to present International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes; now Cyanobacteriota)
  73. Phylum Deferribacteres accepted as Deferribacterota (phylum renamed)
  74. Phylum Deinococcus-Thermus accepted as Deinococcota (phylum renamed)
  75. Phylum Dictyoglomi accepted as Dictyoglomerota (phylum renamed)
  76. Phylum Elusimicrobia accepted as Elusimicrobiota (phylum renamed)
  77. Phylum Fibrobacteres accepted as Fibrobacterota (phylum renamed)
  78. Phylum Firmicutes accepted as Bacillota (phylum renamed)
  79. Phylum Fusobacteria accepted as Fusobacteriota (phylum renamed)
  80. Phylum Gemmatimonadetes accepted as Gemmatimonadota (phylum renamed)
  81. Phylum Kiritimatiellaeota accepted as Kiritimatiellota (phylum renamed)
  82. Phylum Lentisphaerae accepted as Lentisphaerota (phylum renamed)
  83. Phylum Myxobacteria accepted as Proteobacteria accepted as Pseudomonadota
  84. Phylum Nitrospira accepted as Nitrospirota (phylum renamed)
  85. Phylum Omnibacteria accepted as Bacteria (no longer accepted at phylum level)
  86. Phylum Planctomycetes accepted as Planctomycetota (phylum renamed)
  87. Phylum Prochlorophyta accepted as Cyanobacteriota (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  88. Phylum Proteobacteria accepted as Pseudomonadota (phylum renamed)
  89. Phylum Rhodothermaeota accepted as Rhodothermota (phylum renamed)
  90. Phylum Schizophyta accepted as Bacteria (obsolete name)
  91. Phylum Spirochaetae accepted as Spirochaetota (phylum renamed)
  92. Phylum Spirochaetes accepted as Spirochaetae accepted as Spirochaetota
  93. Phylum Synergistetes accepted as Synergistota (phylum renamed)
  94. Phylum Tenericutes accepted as Mycoplasmatota (phylum renamed)
  95. Phylum Thermodesulfobacteria accepted as Thermodesulfobacteriota (phylum renamed)
  96. Phylum Thermomicrobia accepted as Chloroflexi accepted as Chloroflexota (no longer accepted at phylum level, now class)
  97. Phylum Thermotogae accepted as Thermotogota (phylum renamed)
  98. Phylum Verrucomicrobia accepted as Verrucomicrobiota (phylum renamed)
  99. Phylum Bacteria (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
  100. Class Myxobacteria (awaiting allocation) accepted as Bacteria (temporary name)
  101. Genus Eobacterium E.S. Barghoorn & J.W. Schopf, 1966 (uncertain, modern contaminant?)
  102. Genus Phaeostrepte Skuja ex T. Willén, 1992 (uncertain, not treated by later workers)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Göker, M.; Oren, A. (2024). Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. <em>International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.</em> 74(1): 6242., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006242
note: as domain, refer note [details] 

Woese, C. R.; Kandler, O.; Wheelis, M. L. (1990). Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 87(12): 4576-4579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.12.4576 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Formal authorship from Göker & Oren, 2024 (as domain; currently used as a kingdom in IRMNG). The name is elsewhere stated...  
Taxonomic remark Formal authorship from Göker & Oren, 2024 (as domain; currently used as a kingdom in IRMNG). The name is elsewhere stated to originate from Cohn, 1870. Cavalier-Smith (1983, 1998, 2002) also designated the name at kingdom rank but his concept also included Archaea (as Archaebacteria), now a separate domain (kingdom in IRMNG at this time). Includes Cyanobacteriota/Cyanophyceae, the latter also named under the botanical Code and includes some taxa not recognised under the bacteriological Code (International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, ICNP). Treated as a kingdom following Ruggiero et al., 2015 although LPSN treats as a domain, with multiple included kingdoms (not yet implemented in IRMNG). [details]
IRMNG (2025). Bacteria. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=6 on 2025-09-10
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original description Göker, M.; Oren, A. (2024). Valid publication of names of two domains and seven kingdoms of prokaryotes. <em>International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.</em> 74(1): 6242., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006242
note: as domain, refer note [details] 

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
note: (as Division, in kingdom Monera) [details] 

additional source Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998). A revised six-kingdom system of life. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 73(3): 203-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.1998.tb00030.x
note: used for original authority: cited therein as Cohn 1870 stat. nov. Cavalier-Smith 1983. [details] 

additional source Cavalier-Smith, T. (2002). The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. <em>International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.</em> 52(1): 7-76., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-1-7 [details] 

original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Woese, C. R.; Kandler, O.; Wheelis, M. L. (1990). Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 87(12): 4576-4579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.87.12.4576 [details] 

current name source Parte, A. C. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), July 2018 version. , available online at http://www.bacterio.net
note: As domain name (no kingdoms presently recognised in LPSN) [details] 

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details] 
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Taxonomic remark Formal authorship from Göker & Oren, 2024 (as domain; currently used as a kingdom in IRMNG). The name is elsewhere stated to originate from Cohn, 1870. Cavalier-Smith (1983, 1998, 2002) also designated the name at kingdom rank but his concept also included Archaea (as Archaebacteria), now a separate domain (kingdom in IRMNG at this time). Includes Cyanobacteriota/Cyanophyceae, the latter also named under the botanical Code and includes some taxa not recognised under the bacteriological Code (International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, ICNP). Treated as a kingdom following Ruggiero et al., 2015 although LPSN treats as a domain, with multiple included kingdoms (not yet implemented in IRMNG). [details]
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