Genus Chloronema
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Chloronema Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975, genus.
Type species: ¤ Chloronema giganteum Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975 (Approved Lists 1980).
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Cln. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. adj. chlôros, green; Gr. neut. n. nema, thread; N.L. neut. n. Chloronema, green filament.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: DUBININA (G.A.) and GORLENKO (V.M.): New filamentous photosynthetic green bacteria containing gas vacuoles. Mikrobiologiya, 1975, 44, 511-517.
Chloronema giganteum Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no pure culture.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. giganteum, gigantic.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: DUBININA (G.A.) and GORLENKO (V.M.): New filamentous photosynthetic green bacteria containing gas vacuoles. Mikrobiologiya, 1975, 44, 511-517.