Talk:Actinomycota

The scientific community once accepted this as a fungi, thus the suffix -mycota (meaning fungus), though it has recognized bacterial properties. Thomas B 07:45, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actinomycetes[edit]

What's the relationship between Actinomycota and Actinomycetes (the latter redirects to Actinobacteria)? Should these items be merged, or are they completely distinct? If distinct, can we de-orphan this article by including a reference in the other?

Thomas B 20:26, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know a lot about this subject, but it's looking more and more like this should be merged with Actinomycetes. I can't find any direct evidence of this, but by inference, based on the way that suffix is used in other areas: check out the wordnet definition of Eumycetes, it claims that it is coextensive with Eumycota. Not dispositive, but highly suggestive we should do a merge and a redirect, given consent of anyone who knows anything about fungi.Thomas B 20:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've been told that -mycetes and -mycota are the same thing, or one is a group name for the other. Can't find any links to that info, and it's out of my field... but point being, someone who knows about merging should go for it!Thomas B 17:01, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]