Genus Compactococcus

Name: Compactococcus Jung et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Com.pac.to.coc’cus. L. masc. perf. part. compactus, firm, compact; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Compactococcus, a compact coccus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Compactococc-), kom-pak-to-KOK-kus

Type species: Compactococcus sarcinoides Jung et al. 2021

Valid publication: Jung P, Brust K, Schultz M, Budel B, Donner A, Lakatos M. Opening the Gap: Rare Lichens With Rare Cyanobionts - Unexpected Cyanobiont Diversity in Cyanobacterial Lichens of the Order Lichinales. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:728378.

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: [Chroococcidiopsidales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 22840
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