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Genus Chalicogloea
Name: Chalicogloea Roldán et al. 2013
Etymology: Cha.li.co.gloe’a. Gr. masc./fem. n. chalix, chalk; Gr. masc. n. gloios, glutinous substance; N.L. fem. n. Chalicogloea, glutinous substance growing on chalk
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Chalicogloe-), kha-li-ko-GLO͡E-a
Type species: Chalicogloea cavernicola Roldán et al. 2013
Valid publication:
Roldan M, Ramirez M, del Campo J, Hernandez-Marine M, Komarek J. Chalicogloea cavernicola gen. nov., sp. nov. (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), from low-light aerophytic environments: combined molecular, phenotypic and ecological criteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2326-2333. 
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Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863. 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. 🇨🇿
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chalicogioea".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCAP: 1; BCN: 1; CCALA: 1.
- 🧍 Full authorship: Roldán, Ramírez, del Campo, Hernández-Mariné and Komárek 2013.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Chalicogloea cavernicola Roldán et al. 2013 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
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: 6293
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