Posibacteria

Translingual

Etymology

From positive + Bacteria.

Proper noun

Posibacteria

1. A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Bacteria – gram-positive bacteria, probably paraphyletic.

Usage notes

• A 2015 circumscription attempts to be monophyletic.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (subkingdom): Actinomtcetota (syn. Actinobacteria), Chloroflexota (syn. Chloroflexi, Chlorobacteria), Bacillota (syn. Firmicutes), Mycoplasmatota (syn. Tenericutes) - phyla

Coordinate terms

• (subkingdom): Negibacteria

References

• Gram-positive bacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bacteria (classifications) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Posibacteria at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature