Name: "Gloeobacter" Rippka et al. 1974

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gloe.o.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. gloia, glue; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Gloeobacter, a sticky rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Gloeobacter-), glo͡e-o-BAK-ter

Type species: "Gloeobacter violaceus" Rippka et al. 1974

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

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gloeobacter Rippka et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gloeobacter Rippka et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• 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. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Friedmann (1982) assigned this genus to the division Cyanophycota Friedmann 1982. Publication: Friedmann EL. Cyanophycota. In: Parker SP (eds), Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York, 1982, p. 45-52.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to 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. 🇱🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Glocobacter"; "Gloebacter"; "Gloeobacteres"; "Groeobacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCC: 1; ATCC: 1; BRNM: 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". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Gloeobacter morelensis" Saw et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Gloeobacter violaceus" Rippka et al. 1974	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: "Gloeobacteraceae" Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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. 🇨🇿

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