Name: Gloeobacter Rippka et al. 1974

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gloe.o.bac.ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Gloeobacter, type genus of the order

Gender: masculine (stem: Gloeobacter-)

Type species: Gloeobacter violaceus Rippka et al. 1974

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rippka R, Waterbury J, Cohen-Bazire G. A cyanobacterium which lacks thylakoids. Archives for Microbiology 1974; 100:419-436.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Gloeobacteraceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia 1995; 67:15-23.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Gloeobacterales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subclass "Gloeobacterophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Gloeobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Glocobacter"; "Gloeobacteres"; "Groeobacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; CCAP: 1; ULC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "GLBT" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Gloeobacter kilaueensis Saw et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Gloeobacter morelensis" Saw et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Gloeobacter violaceus Rippka et al. 1974	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name	correct name

Parent taxon: Gloeobacteraceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Assigned by: Komárek J, Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural novelties in chroococcalean cyanoprokaryotes. Preslia, Praha 1995; 67:15-23.

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