Genus "Cyanobacterium"

Name: "Cyanobacterium" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Category, proposed as: genus, 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, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Cyanobacteri-), ky-a-no-bak-TE-ri-um

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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. 🇨🇿
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Cyanobacteriales" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983. 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. 🇫🇷
  • 🧕 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Cyanobacteriaceae". Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115. 🇱🇺
  • 🧕 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 Rippka and Cohen-Bazire (1983) assigned this genus to the order "Cyanobacteriales" (Stanier 1973) Gibbons and Murray 1978. 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cganobaclerium"; "Cganobacterium"; "Cyanabacterium"; "Cyanobaclerium"; "Cyanolmcterium"; "Cymwbacterium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CBFS: 1; PCC: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 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.

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: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Cyanobacterium aponinum" Moro et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    "Cyanobacterium cedrorum" (Sauvageau 1892) Komárek et al. 1999	not validly published	synonym
    "Cyanobacterium crassiusculum" (Skuja 1956) Komárek et al. 1999	not validly published	synonym
    "Cyanobacterium diachloros" (Skuja 1939) Komárek et al. 1999	not validly published	synonym
    "Cyanobacterium epiphyticum" Komárek and Watanabe 1998	not validly published	preferred name
    "Cyanobacterium formosanum" Komárek 1999	not validly published	preferred name
    "Cyanobacterium lineatum" Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2002	not validly published	preferred name
    "Cyanobacterium minervae" (Copeland 1936) Komárek et al. 1999	not validly published	synonym
    "Cyanobacterium notatum" (Skuja 1964) Komárek et al. 1999	not validly published	synonym
    "Cyanobacterium stanieri" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983	not validly published	synonym
    "Cyanobacterium synechococcoides" Komárek 1999	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Merismopediaceae Elenkin 1933

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Pokorny J, Kastovsky J, Stenclova LM. Epitypification of Merismopedia tranquilla (Cyanobacteria) prompts phylogenetic reassessment of the genus and the description of two morphologically similar genera. J Phycol 2026; 62:974-1001. 🇨🇿

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