Bacteria

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”). === Proper noun === Bacteria (in some three-domain systems) A taxonomic domain comprising the single kingdom also called Bacteria, containing about 25 phyla. (in the two-empire or two-superkingdom systems) A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Prokaryota – single-cell organisms (the bacteria); once divided into the Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. ==== Synonyms ==== (kingdom): Eubacteria ==== Hyponyms ==== (kingdom): Negibacteria, Posibacteria – subkingdoms Acidobacteriota (syn. Acidobacteria), Armatimonadota (syn. Aquificae), Armatimonadetes, Bacteroidetes, Caldiserica, Chlamydiae, Chlorobi, Chrysiogenetes, Cyanobacteria, Deferribacteres, Deinococcus-Thermus, Dictyoglomi, Elusimicrobia, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Nitrospira, Planctomycetes, Pseudomonadota (syn. Proteobacteria), Spirochaetae, Synergistetes, Thermodesulfobacteria, Thermotogae, Verrucomicrobia – phyla in Negibacteria Actinomycetota (syn. Actinobacteria), Chloroflexota (syn. Chloroflexi), Bacillota (syn. Firmicutes), Tenericutes – phyla in Posibacteria ==== Coordinate terms ==== (kingdom in Prokaryota): Archaea ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Bacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bacteria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Bacteria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Bacteria at the Tree of Life Web Project