Genus Foliisarcina

Name: Foliisarcina Alvarenga et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Fo.li.i.sar’ci.na. L. neut. n. folium, a leaf; L. fem. n. sarcina, a package; N.L. fem. n. Foliisarcina, a package-like organism from a leaf, referring to the colony morphology of this cyanobacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Foliisarcin-), fo-li-i-SAR-ki-na

Type species: Foliisarcina bertiogensis Alvarenga et al. 2016

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oliveira Alvarenga D, Rigonato J, Henrique Zanini Branco L, Soares Melo I, Fatima Fiore M. Phyllonema aviceniicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Foliisarcina bertiogensis gen. nov., sp. nov., epiphyllic cyanobacteria associated with Avicennia schaueriana leaves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:689-700. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Alvarenga et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932. Publication: Oliveira Alvarenga D, Rigonato J, Henrique Zanini Branco L, Soares Melo I, Fatima Fiore M. Phyllonema aviceniicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Foliisarcina bertiogensis gen. nov., sp. nov., epiphyllic cyanobacteria associated with Avicennia schaueriana leaves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:689-700. 🇧🇷
  • 🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925. 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. 🇨🇿
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: SP: 1.
  • 🧍 Name validly published under the ICNafp although it appeared in a Notification List. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Foliisarcina bertiogensis Alvarenga et al. 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Hydrococcaceae Kützing 1843

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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