Cyanobacteriota

Taxonomy ID: 1117 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1117)

current name

Cyanobacteriota  Oren et al. 2022 in [Oren A et al. (2022)]

homotypic synonym:

"Cyanobacteria" (ex Stanier 1974)  Cavalier-Smith, 2002 , nom. inval.  ¹⁾ in [Cavalier-Smith T (2002)]

Cyanobacteriophyta  Oren, Mareš & Rippka, 2022 in [Aleksovski B et al. (2025)]

Genbank common name: cyanobacteria
NCBI BLAST name: cyanobacteria
Rank: phylum
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Oxyphotobacteria

heterotypic synonym

Cyanophycota

heterotypic synonym

Cyanophyta

blast name

cyanobacteria

common name(s)

cyanophytes, blue-green bacteria, blue-green algae

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Cyanobacteriota/Melainabacteria group

Notes:

• 1) 'Nom. inval.' (= nomen invalidum, = invalid name) refers to a name not published in accordance with rules enumerated in the International Code for algae, fungi and plants.

Comments and References:

Oren A et al. (2022) , Pubmed: abstract Oren, A., Mareš, J., and Rippka, R. "Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2022) 72(10):005528.

Cavalier-Smith T (2002) , Pubmed: abstract Cavalier-Smith, T. "The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2002) 52(1):7-76.

Aleksovski B et al. (2025) Aleksovski, B., Krstić, S., and Guiry, M.D. "The names of phyla and classes of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, cyanophytes) and a typified name: Cyanobacteriophyta Oren, Mareš et Rippka." Fottea (2025) 25(2):212-217.

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Garcia-Pichel F et al. (2020) Garcia-Pichel, F., Zehr, J.P., Bhattacharya, D., and Pakrasi, H.B. "What's in a name? The case of cyanobacteria." J. Phycol. (2020) 56(1):1-5.

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Oren A (2004) Oren, A. "A proposal for further integration of the cyanobacteria under the Bacteriological Code." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004) 54:1895-1902.

Oren A & Garrity GM (2014) Oren, A., and Garrity, G.M. "Proposal to change General Consideration 5 and Principle 2 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:309-310. [Erratum: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:2508.]

Pinevich AV (2015) Pinevich, A.V. "Proposal to consistently apply the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP) to names of the oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria (cyanobacteria), including those validly published under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)/International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (ICN), and proposal to change Principle 2 of the ICNP." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2015) 65:1070-1074.

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Woese CR et al. (1985) Woese, C.R., Stackebrandt, E., Macke, T.J., and Fox, G.E. "A phylogenetic definition of the major eubacterial taxa." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (1985) 6:143-151.