Name: "Conidiothrix" Benecke ex Petersen 1921

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Co.ni.di’o.thrix. N.L. neut. n. conidium, a [fungal] spore; from Gr. fem. n. konis, dust; Gr. fem. n. thrix, a hair; N.L. fem. n. Conidiothrix, probably meaning a hair of spores

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Conidiotrich-), ko-ni-DI-o-t^hrix

Type species: "Conidiothrix sulphurea" Petersen 1921

Original publication: Petersen EJ. A New Sapropelic Microorganism, Conidiothrix sulphurea. Dansk Bot. Arkiv. 1921; 4:1-16.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Conidothrix"; "Cunidiothrix".
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria. — 🧍 Name validly published under the ICNafp that is now regarded as prokaryote other than cyanobacteria. Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 1990.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Conidiothrix sulphurea" Petersen 1921	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Beggiatoaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.

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Record number: 17911