Disclaimer: If someone says that this name for a phylum does not agree with the rules, one would have to counterargue that it may be seen as an "arbitrary name" in the sence of Rules 10a and 12c of the Bacteriological Code ( = Internat. Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes). Also, besides the fact that Higher Taxa have to bear Latin (Neo-Latin) names, the Code does so far not contain rules for the formation of names for phyla .

• A.min.an.ae.ro' bi.a. N.L. amino- for amino acid(s), N.L. anaero- for anaerobic, N.L. neut. n. bium life, N.L. plur. neut. n. Aminanaerobia amino acid consuming anaerobic living beings.
• Thermi'. N.L. masc. pl. n. Thermi, the phylum of the genus Thermus.