Name: Lamprocystis Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lam.pro.cys’tis. Gr. masc. adj. lampros, bright, brilliant; Gr. fem. n. kystis, the bladder, a bag; N.L. fem. n. Lamprocystis, brilliant bag

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Lamprocyst-), lam-pro-KYS-tis

Type species: Lamprocystis roseopersicina (Kützing 1849) Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pfennigia Tindall 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Imhoff 2001 Imhoff JF. Transfer of Pfennigia purpurea tindall 1999 (Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1988) to the genus Lamprocystis as Lamprocystis purpurea comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1699-1701. 🇩🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Lamprocysteae". Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family "Thiorhodaceae" Molisch 1907. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Thiorhodaceae" Molisch 1907. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Protococcus]. Publication: Kützing FT. Species Algarum. F.A. Brockhaus, Lipsiae, 1849.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lampmcystis"; "Lampracystis"; "Lamprocgstis"; "Lamprocijsiis"; "Lamprocyscis"; "Lamprocyslis"; "Lamprocystia"; "Lamproeystis"; "Lamrocystis"; "Lawnprocystis"; "Lumpmcystis".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336. 🇩🇪
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LMCS" 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lamprocystis purpurea (Eichler and Pfennig 1989) Imhoff 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lamprocystis roseopersicina (Kützing 1849) Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Imhoff JF. Transfer of Pfennigia purpurea tindall 1999 (Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1988) to the genus Lamprocystis as Lamprocystis purpurea comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1699-1701. 🇩🇪

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