Bacteroidetes

See also: bacteroidetes

Translingual

Etymology

Plural of Bacteroides (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?), following Ancient Greek model

Proper noun

Bacteroidetes

1. Flavobacteria and sphingobacteria
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Bacteria – now Bacteriodota.
   2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Bacteriodota.

Usage notes

• As a phylum, this is now superseded by the term Bacteriodota in the NCBI Taxonomy.

Synonyms

• (phylum): Bacteriodota

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Bacteroidia, Cytophagia, Flavobacteriia (formerly Flavobacteria); Sphingobacteriia - classes

References

• Bacteroidetes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bacteroidetes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bacteroidetes at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Bacteroidetes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI