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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Koinonema

Name: Koinonema Buch et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. koinos, common, ordinary (referring to the morphology of the trichome); Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Koinonema, ordinary filament

Gender: neuter (stem: Koinonemat-)

Type species: Koinonema pervagatum Buch et al. 2017

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Buch B, Martins MD, Branco LHZ. A widespread cyanobacterium supported by polyphasic approach: proposition of Koinonema pervagatum gen. & sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales)(1). J Phycol 2017; 53:1097-1105.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: 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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Record number: 6517
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