Name: Chroobacter Pringsheim 1953

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chro.o.bac.ter. N.L. masc. n. Chroobacter

Gender: masculine (stem: Chroobacter-)

Type species: Chroobacter vantieghemii corrig. Pringsheim 1953

Valid publication: Pringsheim G. [Title pending]. Arch. Microbiol. 1953; 19:361.

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