Scotobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) Scotobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) Scotobacteria Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) Gibbons and Murray 1978 did not declare a nomenclatural type for this taxon. Gibbons N.E. Murray R.G.E. Proposals concerning the higher taxa of Bacteria 1978 28 1 1 6 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-28-1-1 Skerman V.B.D. McGowan V. Sneath P.H.A. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980 30 1 225 420 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Names at the rank of class, subclass and order, their typification and current status: Supplementary information to Opinion 79. 2014 64 10 3599 3602 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.069310-0 25288668 This taxon is not currently in use. The Judicial Commission has asserted that this taxon does not have an identifiable type and is not currently in use as a class name. Gibbons and Murray (1978) applied the name to encompasses the non-photosynthetic Gram-negative prokaryotes.