Name: Aerofilum Chakraborty and Mukherjee 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ro.fi.lum. N.L. neut. n. Aerofilum, The generic epithet Aerofilum is derived from Aero Greek for air, as the strain possesses gas vesicles (aerotopes) and filum Greek for filament

Gender: neuter (stem: Aerofil-)

Type species: Aerofilum fasciculatum Chakraborty and Mukherjee 2021

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chakraborty S, Maruthanayagam V, Achari A, Pramanik A, Jaisankar P, Mukherjee J. Aerofilum fasciculatum gen. nov., sp. nov. (Oculatellaceae) and Euryhalinema pallustris [sic] sp. nov. (Prochlorotrichaceae) isolated from an Indian mangrove forest. Phytotaxa 2021; 522:165-186.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Oculatellaceae Mai and Johansen 2018

Assigned by: Chakraborty S, Maruthanayagam V, Achari A, Pramanik A, Jaisankar P, Mukherjee J. Aerofilum fasciculatum gen. nov., sp. nov. (Oculatellaceae) and Euryhalinema pallustris [sic] sp. nov. (Prochlorotrichaceae) isolated from an Indian mangrove forest. Phytotaxa 2021; 522:165-186.

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Record number: 12732
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