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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-09 · 25 entries checked · 13 flagged · 40 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 40 still open
Bacteroidota — The entry states the phylum is composed of three large classes: Bacteroidia, Flavobacteriales, Sphingobacteriales, but Flavobacteriales and Sphingobacteriales are orders, not classes; the correct class names are Flavobacteriia and Sphingobacteriia.
Bacteroidota — The entry says 'The class Bacteroidia was formerly called Bacteroidetes' and that the name was changed in Bergey's Manual; this is inaccurate because Bacteroidetes was the phylum name, not the class name, and the change from Bacteroidetes to Bacteroidota was a
Chloroflexota — The entry incorrectly states that Chloroflexota are 'largely described as green sulfur bacteria.' Green sulfur bacteria are actually the phylum Chlorobi, not Chloroflexota; Chloroflexota are often called 'green non-sulfur bacteria.'
Chloroflexota — The entry lists 'Anaerolinae' as a class of Chloroflexota; the correct class name is 'Anaerolineae'.
Chromista — The entry states 'As of 2022, the kingdom was nearly as diverse as the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia, consisting of nine phyla.' In Cavalier-Smith's 2018 revision, Chromista consisted of 8 phyla, not 9.
Chromista — The entry lists Paramecium as a notable member of Chromista, but in Cavalier-Smith's system, ciliates (including Paramecium) are placed in the kingdom Protozoa, not Chromista.
Diaphoretickes — Chlorophyll c is not exclusive to Diaphoretickes because it is absent in Archaeplastida, a major subgroup of Diaphoretickes, so the claim that it is exclusive to the clade is factually incorrect.
Diaphoretickes — Heliozoan cells are not exclusive to Diaphoretickes; some heliozoan groups fall outside Diaphoretickes, and the claim of exclusivity is too strong and not universally accepted.
Eukaryote — The endosymbiont that became chloroplasts is a cyanobacterium, not a 'beta-cyanobacteria' (a non-standard term).
Eukaryote — The phylum is correctly named 'Asgardarchaeota' or 'Asgard archaea'; 'Promethearchaeota' is not a standard name for this group.
Fucus — Fucus is not found almost throughout the world; it is primarily a cold-temperate to Arctic genus of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, absent from most of the Southern Hemisphere and tropical waters.
Fucus — The phrasing 'used in kelp production' is ambiguous and could mislead about modern commercial kelp farming, which typically involves Laminaria or Macrocystis, not Fucus.
Holozoa — The entry lists 'Key subgroups=Filozoa (choanoflagellates, animals, filastereans) and Choanozoa (choanoflagellates and animals).' This is factually incorrect: Choanozoa is not a standard subgroup of Holozoa in modern taxonomy; it is an outdated or differently
Ipomoea — The claim that 'Moon vine (I. alba) sap was used for vulcanization of the latex of Castilla elastica to rubber' is factually incorrect because the process used by ancient Mesoamericans was not vulcanization (which requires sulfur and heat), but rather coagulat
Ipomoea — The claim that 'as early as 1600 BCE, the Olmecs produced the balls used in the Mesoamerican ballgame' is misleading because the specific association of Ipomoea alba sap with that early date (1600–1200 BCE) is not definitively established in widely accepted ca
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