Name: Cyanoleptonema Zhang et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cy.a.no.lep.to.ne’ma. Gr. masc. n. kyanos, blue; Gr. masc. adj. leptos, thin or fine; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Cyanoleptonema, a blue and thin thread

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Cyanoleptonemat-), ky-a-no-lep-to-NE-ma

Type species: Cyanoleptonema yuqiaoense corrig. Zhang et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Q, Li L, Li T, Zheng L, Song L. Cyanoleptonema yuqiaoensis gen. & sp. nov . (Oscillatoriaceae, Oscillatoriales), a novel filamentous cyanobacterium isolated from a eutrophic reservoir in China. Phycologia 2024; 0:1-9. 🇨🇳

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: 2

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Zhang Q, Li L, Li T, Zheng L, Song L. Cyanoleptonema yuqiaoensis gen. & sp. nov . (Oscillatoriaceae, Oscillatoriales), a novel filamentous cyanobacterium isolated from a eutrophic reservoir in China. Phycologia 2024; 0:1-9. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 53394
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