Name: "Acaryochloris" Miyashita and Chihara 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ca.ry.o.chlo’ris. Gr. pref. a-, without (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. karyon, nucleus; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. fem. n. Acaryochloris, without nucleus green

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Acaryochlorid-), a-ka-ry-o-KHLO-ris

Type species: "Acaryochloris marina" Miyashita and Chihara 2003

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Miyashita H, Ikemoto H, Kurano N, Miyachi S, Chihara M. Acaryochloris marina gen. et sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria), an oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryote containing chl D as a major pigment. Journal of Phycology 2003; 39:1247-1253. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 3

Parent taxon: "Acaryochloridaceae" Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: 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: 6364
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