Name: Gloeomargarita Moreira et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gloe.o.mar.ga.ri’ta. Gr. masc. n. gloios, glutinous substance; L. fem. n. margarita, pearl; N.L. fem. n. Gloeomargarita, glutinous cells containing pearls

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Gloeomargarit-), glo͡e-o-mar-ga-RI-ta

Type species: Gloeomargarita lithophora Moreira et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Gloeomargaritaceae Moreira et al. 2017. Publication: Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Gloeomargaritales Moreira et al. 2017. Publication: Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658.
  • 🧕 Moreira et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the order Gloeomargaritales Moreira et al. 2017. Publication: Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 3; CCAP: 3; PMC: 2.
  • 🧍 Full authorship: Moreira, Tavera, Benzerara, Skouri-Panet, Couradeau, Gérard, Fonta, Novelo, Zivanovic and López-García 2017.

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
    Gloeomargarita ahousahtiae Bacchetta et al. 2024	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Candidatus Gloeomargarita lithophora" Couradeau et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
    Gloeomargarita lithophora Moreira et al. 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Gloeomargaritaceae Moreira et al. 2017

Assigned by: Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658.

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