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Taxon: Phylum Cyanobacteriota Oren et al. 2022 (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Oren et al., 2022
Original name, rank & spelling Oren, A., Mareš, J. & Rippka, R. 2022. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 72 (10) 5528: 5 ("phyl. nov.").
Description/Diagnosis in English op. cit.: 5 ("Description").

Types

Type, by original designationCyanobacterium (Genus) Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 2022 Ref: A. Oren et al., 2022: 5. [new]

Variants

Name in alternative code of nomenclatureCyanobacteria (Phylum) "Stanier (1974)" Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [6 Jun 2026]. [implicit]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameCyanophycota (Division) Ref: Species 2000, 2001-present: 10 Apr 2025 ("phylum").
Synonymous name (subjective)Cyanobacteria (Phylum) Garcia-Pichel et al. (2020) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [12 Mar 2026] ("heterotypic").
Synonymous name (subjective)Cyanobacteria (Phylum) (ex Stanier 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2002 stat. inval. Ref: Species 2000, 2001-present: 10 Apr 2025; ~LPSN[13 Jun 2026].
Synonymous name (subjective)Cyanophyta (Phylum) Geitler (1925) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [12 Mar 2026] ("heterotypic").
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