Name: Chroobacter Pringsheim 1953

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chro.o.bac’ter. Gr. masc. n. chrôs, color; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Chroobacter, a colored rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Chroobacter-), k^hro-o-BAK-ter

Type species: Chroobacter vantieghemii corrig. Pringsheim 1953

Valid publication: Pringsheim EG. [Taxonomy of the green bacteria]. Arch Mikrobiol 1953; 19:353-364.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Komarek and Golubic (1990) assigned this genus to the subfamily "Synechococcoideae". Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chroobacter vantieghemi Pringsheim 1953	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Chroobacter vantieghemii corrig. Pringsheim 1953	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: [Chroococcales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 17839