Genus Aliterella

Name: Aliterella Rigonato et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: A.li.te.rel’la. L. adv. aliter, otherwise, differently; N.L. fem. dim. n. Aliterella, a cyanobacterium with variable cell shape

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Aliterell-), a-li-te-REL-la

Type species: Aliterella atlantica Rigonato et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rigonato J, Gama WA, Alvarenga DO, Branco LH, Brandini FP, Genuario DB, Fiore MF. Aliterella atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aliterella antarctica sp. nov., novel members of coccoid Cyanobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2853-2861. 🇧🇷

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Aliterellaceae" Rigonato et al. 2016. Publication: Rigonato J, Gama WA, Alvarenga DO, Branco LH, Brandini FP, Genuario DB, Fiore MF. Aliterella atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aliterella antarctica sp. nov., novel members of coccoid Cyanobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2853-2861. 🇧🇷
  • 🧕 Rigonato et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family "Aliterellaceae" Rigonato et al. 2016. Publication: Rigonato J, Gama WA, Alvarenga DO, Branco LH, Brandini FP, Genuario DB, Fiore MF. Aliterella atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., and Aliterella antarctica sp. nov., novel members of coccoid Cyanobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2853-2861. 🇧🇷
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Jung et al. (2021). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; SP: 2; SAG: 1; FACHB: 1; LEGE: 1.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Rigonato, Gama, Alvarenga, Branco, Brandini, Genuário and Fiore 2016. Publication: Parte AC. LPSN--list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:D613-D616.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aliterella antarctica Rigonato et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aliterella atlantica Rigonato et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aliterella chasmolithica Jung et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aliterella compacta Jung et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aliterella diffluens Hentschke and Oliveira 2025	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aliterella gigantea Jung et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aliterella shaanxiensis Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Aliterella vladivostokensis Abdullin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chroococcidiopsidaceae Geitler ex Büdel et al. 2012

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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