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Bacteria

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Bacteria Woese et al. p. 4578 figs. Figure 1
1996Eubacteria Margulis p. 1074
2008Bacteria Taylor et al. p. 1027
2008Eubacteria Taylor et al. p. 1027
2015Bacteria Ruggiero et al. p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Prokaryota
RankNameAuthor
—Bacteria
—Bacteria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
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G. †Ameliaphycus Muir 1976
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G. †Archaeorestis Barghoorn 1965
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†Archaeorestis schreiberensis Barghoorn 1965
G. †Archaeosphaeroides Schopf and Barghoorn 1967
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†Archaeosphaeroides barbertonensis Schopf and Barghoorn 1967
G. †Brachybaculites Gruess 1928
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G. †Cladothricinium Zalessky 1915
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†Cladothricinium pancratovi Zalessky 1915
G. †Cladothryx Renault 1899
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†Cladothryx martyi Renault 1899
G. †Coleobacter Oehler 1977
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†Coleobacter primus Oehler 1977
G. †Eoastrion Barghoorn 1965
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†Eoastrion bifurcatum Barghoorn 1965
†Eoastrion simplex Barghoorn 1965
G. †Eobacterium Barghoorn and Schopf 1966
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†Eobacterium isolatum Barghoorn and Schopf 1966
G. †Ferrimonilis Oehler 1977
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†Ferrimonilis variabile Oehler 1977
G. †Geasterites Pia 1927
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†Geasterites florissantensis Cockerell 1927
G. †Micrococcus Renault 1895
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†Micrococcus guignardi Renault 1895
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Invalid names: Hadobacteria [synonym]
Invalid names: Acidobacteria [empty], Actinobacteria [empty], Aquifacae [empty], Armatimonadetes [empty], Bacteroidetes [empty], Caldiserica [empty], Chlamydiae [empty], Chlorobacteria [empty], Chlorobi [empty], Chloroflexi [empty], Chrysiogenetes Ruggiero et al. 2015 [empty], Deferribacteres [empty], Dictyoglomi [empty], Elusimicrobia [empty], Fibrobacteres [empty], Firmicutes [empty], Fusobacteria [empty], Gemmatimonadetes [empty], Lentisphaerae [empty], Nitrospira [empty], Planctomycetes [empty], Proteobacteria [empty], Spriochaetae [empty], Synergistetes [empty], Tenericutes [empty], Thermodesulfobacteria [empty], Thermotogae [empty], Verrocomicrobia [empty]
G. †Ramacia Oehler 1977
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†Ramacia carpenteriana Oehler 1977
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G. †Nodularites Maslov 1956
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†Nodularites cylindricus Maslov 1956
G. †Taeniatum Sin 1962
Invalid names: Eubacteria [synonym], Posibacteria [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. R. Woese et al. 1990Domain Bacteria [Greek noun f3aKr'pov (small rod or staff)]: cels prokaryotic; membrane lipids predominantly diacyl glycerol diesters; ribosomes containing a (eu)bacterial type of rRNA.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleoarchean to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3600.00000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3200.0 Ma

Collections (1300 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleoarchean3600.0 - 3200.0Australia (Western Australia) Chroococcales indet. (175541) Siphonophycus antiquus, Archaeosphaeroides pilbarensis (227837)
Paleoarchean3600.0 - 3200.0South Africa Archaeosphaeroides barbertonensis, Eobacterium isolatum (227612)
Neoarchean2800.0 - 2500.0South Africa Eomycetopsis filiformis, Eoentophysalis sp., Siphonophycus transvaalensis (227540) Siphonophycus transvaalensis (227539 227541)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Ontario) Archaeorestis schreiberensis, Eoastrion simplex, Eoastrion bifurcatum (227603 227604)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Eoastrion simplex (227737)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Australia (Western Australia) Eoastrion sp. (227621) Siphonophycus spp., Eoastrion sp., Oscillatoriopsis cuboides, Oscillatoriopsis majuscula (227622)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Gabon Archaeorestis sp., Eoastrion simplex, Eosynechococcus medius, Sphaerophycus parvum, Archaeoellipsoides elongatus, Archaeoellipsoides dolichos, Tetraphycus major, Myxococcoides minuta (227624)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Quebec) Eoastrion simplex (227738)
Orosirian2050.0 - 1800.0Canada (Nunavut) Chroococcaceae indet., Eosynechococcus grandis, Myxococcoides sp., Eozygion minutum, Globophycus sp., Caryosphaeroides sp., Melasmatosphaera magna, Melasmatosphaera media (227437) Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227451) Eomycetopsis filiformis, Eosynechococcus moorei, Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227442) Eomycetopsis filiformis, Globophycus sp., Melasmatosphaera media, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227450) Eomycetopsis filiformis, Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227441) Eomycetopsis spp. (227734) Eomycetopsis spp., Sphaerophycus sp. (227732) Eosynechococcus grandis (227434) Eosynechococcus grandis, Zosterosphaera sp. (227435) Eosynechococcus medius (227448) Eosynechococcus moorei, Sphaerophycus parvum, Melasmatosphaera parva, Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Pleurocapsa sp. (227444) Eosynechococcus moorei, Sphaerophycus parvum, Myxococcoides minor, Melasmatosphaera magna, Melasmatosphaera media, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227449) Halythrix sp. (227443) Melasmatosphaera media (227436) Melasmatosphaera parva, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227438) Myxococcoides inornata (227440) Siphonophycus spp., Eomycetopsis spp., Sphaerophycus sp., Melasmatosphaera magna, Archaeonema sp. (227736) Sphaerophycus parvum, Myxococcoides sp., Myxococcoides minor, Globophycus sp., Melasmatosphaera media, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227439)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Rajasthan) Gloeocapsamorpha prisca, Myxococcoides inornata, Myxococcoides minor, Oscillatoriopsis obtusa, Myxococcoides compactus, Gloeocapsamorpha karauliensis, Palaeolyngbya distinctica, Palaeolyngbya elongata, Palaeolyngbya baraudensis, Palaeoscytonema indica, Palaeoscytonema intermingla, Palaeoscytonema misrae, Ghoshia bifurcata, Primorivularia robusta (227965)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0China (Hebei) Gloeodiniopsis sp., Gloeotheceopsis aggregata (227643)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Northern Territory) Ameliaphycus croxfordii (227568) Bigeminococcus mucidus, Ferrimonilis variabile (227579) Bisacculoides tabeoviscus, Cyanonema inflatum (227582) Bisacculoides vacua (227569) Eoastrion sp. (227578) Eoastrion sp., Nanococcus vulgaris (227576) Eoastrion sp., Oscillatoriopsis schopfii (227577) Ferrimonilis variabile (227580) Ferrimonilis variabile, Cyanonema minor (227592) Globophycus minor (227575) Gunflintia septata (227572 227593) Myxococcoides kingii (227567 227583) Myxococcoides kingii, Bisacculoides tabeoviscus (227585) Myxococcoides kingii, Nanococcus vulgaris, Coleobacter primus (227571) Myxococcoides minutus, Sphaerophycus tetragonalis, Myxococcoides konzalovae (227566) Myxomorpha janecekii (227564) Nanococcus vulgaris (227586) Nanococcus vulgaris, Bisacculoides tabeoviscus (227594) Nanococcus vulgaris, Bisacculoides vacua (227573) Nanococcus vulgaris, Ramacia carpenteriana, Gunflintia septata (227574) Oscillatoriopsis obtusa, Siphonophycus septatum (232734) Ramacia carpenteriana, Bisacculoides grandis (227570) Siphonophycus kestron (232742) Siphonophycus kestron, Siphonophycus robustum, Siphonophycus typicum (232735 232737) Siphonophycus kestron, Siphonophycus typicum (232743) Siphonophycus punctatum, Siphonophycus septatum, Siphonophycus solidum, Siphonophycus typicum (232740) Siphonophycus typicum (232738 232741) Sphaerophycus parvum (227590) Sphaerophycus reticulatum (227565)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Cyanophyceae indet. (224897) Myxococcoides ramapuraensis, Myxococcoides globosa, Myxococcoides magnus, Aphanocapsaopsis sitholeyii, Aphanocapsaopsis ramapuraensis, Oscillatoriopsis psilata, Palaeoscytonema srivastavae, Eomycetopsis psilata, Eomycetopsis pflugii, Eomycetopsis reticulata (227768)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Australia (Western Australia) Eoastrion simplex, Eoastrion bifurcatum (227642)
Statherian1800.0 - 1600.0Canada (Nunavut) Siphonophycus sp., Sphaerophycus parvum (227620)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Hebei) Eomycetopsis filiformis, Eosynechococcus sp., Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Coniunctiophycus gaoyuzhuangense, Coniunctiophycus conglobatum, Nanococcus vulgaris, Gloeodiniopsis pangjapuensis (227616) Halythrix sp., Palaeolyngbya barghoorniana, Cephalophytarion taenia, Cyanonema ligamen, Palaeolyngbya maxima, Gloeodiniopsis hebeiensis (227617) Siphonophycus inornatum (227615)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Tianjin) Microcystopsis yaoi, Eoaphanothece zhuiana, Oscillatoriopsis acuminata, Oscillatoriopsis hemisphaerica, Oscillatoriopsis disciformis, Oscillatoriopsis glabra, Oscillatoriopsis tuberculata, Eophormidium liangii, Eophormidium capitatum, Eophormidium semicirculare, Schizothropsis caudata, Paleoisocystis monosporata, Paleoisocystis disporata, Anabaenidium sophoroides, Paleocalothrix xui (228437)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0China (Beijing) Myxococcoides sp., Oscillatoriopsis sp., Sphaerophycus medium, Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus, Bactrophycus oblongum, Bactrophycus dolichum, Myxococcoides grandis, Siphonophycus inornatum, Archaeoellipsoides obesus, Cephalophytarion taenia, Callosicoccus crauros (227625)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Russian Federation Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus (227523) Archaeoellipsoides elongatus (227512) Archaeoellipsoides major (227501 227503 227507 227509) Circumvaginalis elongatus (227481 227482 227484 227486) Eoentophysalis belcheri, Archaeoellipsoides minor, Archaeoellipsoides bactroformis (227485) Eosynechococcus moorei (227504) Eosynechococcus moorei, Eoentophysalis belcherensis (227488) Filiconstrictosus cephalon, Archaeoellipsoides major (227497) Filiconstrictosus magnus (227505) Filiconstrictosus magnus, Archaeoellipsoides costatus, Myxococcoides grandis, Archaeoellipsoides major (227515) Filiconstrictosus magnus, Archaeoellipsoides major (227513) Myxococcoides grandis (227502) Myxococcoides sp. (227500) Myxococcoides sp., Archaeoellipsoides elongatus, Myxococcoides grandis (227508) Orculiphycus latus (227511) Orculiphycus latus, Myxococcoides grandis (227487) Orculiphycus sp., Archaeoellipsoides grandis, Archaeoellipsoides major (227516) Orculiphycus sp., Archaeoellipsoides grandis, Myxococcoides grandis, Phanerosphaerops magnicellularis (227480) Oscillatoriopsis sp. (227499) Oscillatoriopsis sp., Orculiphycus sp., Orculiphycus latus (227519) Oscillatoriopsis sp., Oscillatoriopsis majesticum, Archaeoellipsoides conjunctivus, Siphonophycus robustum (227517) Palaeolyngbya sp., Siphonophycus capitaneum (227522) Partitiofilum yakschinii (227498 227506) Partitiofilum yakschinii, Archaeoellipsoides dolichos, Archaeoellipsoides major (227510) Siphonophycus typicus (227521) Sphaerophycus medium (227524) Veteronostocale medium (227518) Veteronostocale medium, Archaeoellipsoides minor, Archaeoellipsoides major (227514) Veteronostocale medium, Myxococcoides grandis (227483)
Calymmian1600.0 - 1400.0Australia (Northern Territory) Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Myxococcoides cracens, Myxococcoides kingii, Tetraphycus gregalis, Tetraphycus acinulus, Tetraphycus diminutivus (227557) Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Myxococcoides minuta (227561) Myxococcoides sp., Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Myxococcoides cracens, Myxococcoides kingii, Nanococcus vulgaris, Sphaerophycus reticulatum, Tetraphycus major, Myriasporella pyriformis, Myxococcoides minuta (227560) Siphonophycus sp., Eomycetopsis sp., Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Palaeolyngbya sp., Myxococcoides cracens, Nanococcus vulgaris, Sphaerophycus reticulatum, Myxomorpha janecekii (227559) Sphaerophycus parvum, Eoentophysalis belcherensis, Nanococcus vulgaris (227558)