Name: Dulcicalothrix Saraf et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Dul.ci.ca.lo’thrix. L. masc./fem. adj. dulcis, sweet; N.L. fem. n. Calothrix, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Dulcicalothrix, Calothrix from freshwater

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Dulcicalotrich-), dul-ki-ka-LO-t^hrix

Type species: Dulcicalothrix necridiiformans Saraf et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Saraf A, Suradkar A, Dawda HG, Gaysina LA, Gabidullin Y, Kumat A, Behere I, Kotulkar M, Batule P, Singh P. Phylogenetic complexities of the members of Rivulariaceae with the re-creation of the family Calotrichaceae and description of Dulcicalothrix necridiiformans gen nov., sp nov., and reclassification of Calothrix desertica. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:1-10.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Rivulariaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cicalothrix"; "Duclicalothrix".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCC: 1; MCC: 1.

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
    Dulcicalothrix alborzica Nowruzi and Shalygin 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dulcicalothrix desertica (Schwabe 1960) Saraf et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Dulcicalothrix necridiiformans Saraf et al. 2019	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Calotrichaceae corrig. Cooke 1890

Assigned by: Saraf A, Suradkar A, Dawda HG, Gaysina LA, Gabidullin Y, Kumat A, Behere I, Kotulkar M, Batule P, Singh P. Phylogenetic complexities of the members of Rivulariaceae with the re-creation of the family Calotrichaceae and description of Dulcicalothrix necridiiformans gen nov., sp nov., and reclassification of Calothrix desertica. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:1-10.

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Record number: 6521