Posibacteria
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Posibacteria
- A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Bacteria – the gram-positive bacteria, probably paraphyletic.
Usage notes
- A 2015 circumscription[1] attempts to be monophyletic.
Hypernyms
- (subkingdom): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom[1]
Hyponyms
- (subkingdom): Actinobaceria, Chloroflexi (= Chlorobacteria), Firmicutes, Tenericutes - phyla[1]
Coordinate terms
- (subkingdom): Negibacteria[1]
References
- Gram-positive bacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bacteria (classifications) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies