Name: Baaleninema Samylina et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Baa.le.ni.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Baaleninema, a thread named in honor of Chase van Baalen (1925-1986), American microbiologist who was the first who studied strain PCC7105 and deposited it to the Pasteur Culture Collection

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Baaleninemat-), baa-le-ni-NE-ma

Type species: Baaleninema simplex Samylina et al. 2021

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Samylina OS, Sinetova MA, Kupriyanova EV, Starikov AY, Sukhacheva MV, Dziuba MV, Tourova TP. Ecology and biogeography of the 'marine Geitlerinema' cluster and a description of Sodalinema orleanskyi sp. nov., Sodalinema gerasimenkoae sp. nov., Sodalinema stali sp. nov. and Baaleninema simplex gen. et sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:0.

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: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

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: 3490
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