Genus Prochlorothrix
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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").
Prochlorothrix Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Prochlorotrichaceae Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989).
Type species: ¤ Prochlorothrix hollandica Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989.
Etymology: Gr. adj. protos, first, primordial; Gr. adj. chlôros, green; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair or thread; N.L. fem. n. Prochlorothrix, primordial green hair.
Valid publication: BURGER-WIERSMA (T.), STAL (L.J.) and MUR (L.R.): Prochlorothrix hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous oxygenic photoautrotophic procaryote containing chlorophylls a and b: assignment to Prochlorotrichaceae fam. nov. and order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986, with emendation of the ordinal description. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 250-257.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Prochlorothrix hollandica Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LI-2 ACC15-2 = CCAP 1490/1 = PCC 9006 = SAG 10.89.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM709625.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. hollandica, pertaining to Holland, part of The Netherlands.
Valid publication: BURGER-WIERSMA (T.), STAL (L.J.) and MUR (L.R.): Prochlorothrix hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous oxygenic photoautrotophic procaryote containing chlorophylls a and b: assignment to Prochlorotrichaceae fam. nov. and order Prochlorales Florenzano, Balloni, and Materassi 1986, with emendation of the ordinal description. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 250-257.
Original article in IJSEM Online