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Family "Cyanobacteriaceae"
Name: "Cyanobacteriaceae" Komárek et al. 2014
Etymology: Cy.a.no.bac.te.ri.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Cyanobacteriaceae, the Cyanobacterium family
Pronunciation, gender: ky-a-no-bak-te-ri-A-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: "Cyanobacterium" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983
Original publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this family to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
- 🧒 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned the genus "Cyanobacterium" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983 to this family. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
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🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Geminocystaceae Tuji et al. 2021.
Publication:
Oren A, Mares J, Rippka R. Validation of the names Cyanobacterium and Cyanobacterium stanieri, and proposal of Cyanobacteriota phyl. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5528.
Parent taxon: Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886
Assigned by:
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Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.
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Record number: 6089
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