Name: Cyanobium Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Cyanobium

Gender: neuter

Type species: Cyanobium gracile Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Valid 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: validly published under the ICN

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cyanobium gracile Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Cyanobium parvum (Migula 1906) Komárek et al. 1999	validly published under the ICN	correct name
    Cyanobium usitatum Cabello-Yeves et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN	correct name

Parent taxon: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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