Translingual

Proper noun

Posibacteria

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

Usage notes

• A 2015 circumscription attempts to be monophyletic.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (subkingdom): Actinobaceria, Chloroflexi (= Chlorobacteria), Firmicutes, Tenericutes - phyla

Coordinate terms

• (subkingdom): Negibacteria

References

• 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521