Name: "Leptococcus" Walter et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.coc’cus. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, delicate or thin; N.L. masc. n. coccus, from Gr. Masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed, kernel; N.L. masc. n. Leptococcus, a delicate coccos

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Leptococc-), lep-to-KOK-kus

Original publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Leptococcaceae" Salazar et al. 2020. Publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Leptococcales" Salazar et al. 2020. Publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
  • 🧕 Salazar et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order "Leptococcales" Salazar et al. 2020. Publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.
  • 🧕 Walter et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lreptococcus".
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

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
    "Leptococcus springii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    "Leptococcus yellowstonii" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Leptococcaceae" Salazar et al. 2020

Assigned by: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570.

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Record number: 26532