Name: Aliinostoc Bagchi et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.li.i.nos’toc. L. masc. pron. alius, other, another, different; N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a cyanobacterial genus name; N.L. neut. n. Aliinostoc, the other Nostoc

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Aliinostoc-), a-li-i-NOS-tok

Type species: Aliinostoc morphoplasticum Bagchi et al. 2017

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bagchi SN, Dubey N, Singh P. Phylogenetically distant clade of Nostoc-like taxa with the description of Aliinostoc gen. nov. and Aliinostoc morphoplasticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3329-3338. 🇮🇳

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: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

Parent taxon: Nodulariaceae Elenkin 1916

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: 521784
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