Name: Aerosakkonema Thu and Watanabe 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.e.ro.sak.ko.ne’ma. Aerosak, Air sac; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Aerosakkonema, meaning trichomes containing tiny gas vacuoles

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Aerosakkonemat-), a-e-ro-sak-ko-NE-ma

Type species: Aerosakkonema funiforme Thu and Watanabe 2012

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thu NK, Tanabe Y, Yoshida M, Matsuura H, Watanabe MM. Aerosakkonema funiforme gen. et sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales), a new gas-vacuolated oscillatorioid cyanobacterium isolated from a mesotrophic reservoir. Phycologia 2012; 51:672-683. 🇯🇵

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Aerosakkonemataceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023. Publication: 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024. Publication: Moretto JA, Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Huang IS, Laughinghouse HD. Floridanema gen. nov. (Aerosakkonemataceae, Aerosakkonematales ord. nov., Cyanobacteria) from benthic tropical and subtropical fresh waters, with the description of four new species. J Phycol 2025; 61:91-107. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Moretto et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the order Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024. Publication: Moretto JA, Berthold DE, Lefler FW, Huang IS, Laughinghouse HD. Floridanema gen. nov. (Aerosakkonemataceae, Aerosakkonematales ord. nov., Cyanobacteria) from benthic tropical and subtropical fresh waters, with the description of four new species. J Phycol 2025; 61:91-107. 🇺🇸
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Thu and Watanabe) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Thu et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIES: 1.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aerosakkonema funiforme Thu and Watanabe 2012	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Aerosakkonemataceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023

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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