Name: "Cyanobacterium" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Cyanobacterium, a small blue­green rod

Gender: neuter (stem: Cyanobacteri-)

Type species: "Cyanobacterium stanieri" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Original publication: Rippka R, Cohen-Bazire G. The cyanobacteriales: a legitimate order based on the type strain Cyanobacterium stanieri? Ann Microbiol (Paris) 1983; 134B:21-36.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Cyanobacterium Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyanobacterium Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family "Cyanobacteriaceae" Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanobacteriaceae" Komárek et al. 2014. 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.
  • The type species of this genus has been placed in the genus Cyanobacterium Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 2022. Publication: Rippka R, Cohen-Bazire G. The cyanobacteriales: a legitimate order based on the type strain Cyanobacterium stanieri? Ann Microbiol (Paris) 1983; 134B:21-36.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cganobaclerium"; "Cganobacterium"; "Cyanabacterium"; "Cyanobaclerium"; "Cyanolmcterium"; "Cymwbacterium".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CYOB" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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