Name: Brachythrix Braun 1865

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bra.chy’thrix. Gr. masc. adj. brachys, short; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair, filament; N.L. fem. n. Brachythrix, short filamentous bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Brachytrich-), bra-K^HY-t^hrix

Type species: Brachythrix confervicola Braun 1865

Valid publication: Rabenhorst L. Flora Europaeum Algarum Aquae Dulcis et Submarinae. Sectio II. Algas Phychochromaceas Complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Leipzig, 1865.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Petriglieri et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Candidatus Brachytrichaceae" Petriglieri et al. 2023. Publication: Petriglieri F, Kondrotaite Z, Singleton C, Nierychlo M, Dueholm MKD, Nielsen PH. A comprehensive overview of the Chloroflexota community in wastewater treatment plants worldwide. mSystems 2023; 8:e0066723.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Brachythrix" Petriglieri et al. 2023.

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
    Brachythrix confervicola Braun 1865	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Chamaesiphonaceae Borzì 1878

Assigned by: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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Record number: 17844