Genus Microcoleus

Name: Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.co’le.us. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. koleos, sheath; N.L. masc. n. Microcoleus, a small sheath

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Microcole-), mi-kro-KO-le-us

Type species: Microcoleus vaginatus Gomont ex Gomont 1892

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 15:263-368.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1889) Komárek et al. 2014. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013. Publication: Strunecky O, Komarek J, Johansen J, Lukesova A, Elster J. Molecular and morphological criteria for revision of the genus Microcoleus (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria). J Phycol 2013; 49:1167-1180. 🇨🇿
  • 🧕 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Elenkin (1949) assigned this genus to the family Schizotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh Cyanophyceae, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva & Leningrad, 1949.
  • 🧕 Geitler (1925) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Geitler L. Synoptische Darstellung der Cyanophyceen in morphologischer und systematischer Hinsicht. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 1925; 41:163-294.
  • 🧕 Hansgirg (1892) assigned this genus to the family Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892. Publication: Hansgirg A. Nova addenda in Synopsin generum subgenerumque Myxophycearum (Wallroth 1833), Stizenberger 1860. Nuova Notarisia 1892; 3:1-3.
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. 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: "Adtcracoleus"; "Alicrocoleus"; "Iicrocaleus"; "Illicrocolcus"; "Illicrocoleus"; "Jzrocoleus"; "Lficrocolcus"; "Mfcrocoleus"; "Miarocoelus"; "Micmcoleus"; "Micocoleus"; "Micracaleus"; "Micracoleus"; "Micrecoleus"; "Microcaleus"; "Microceleus"; "Microcleus"; "Microcnleiis"; "Microcnleus"; "Microcoecus"; "Microcoelus"; "Microcofeus"; "Microcoieus"; "Microcokus"; "Microcolcus"; "Microcoleiis"; "Microcoleis"; "Microcoleny"; "Microcoletis"; "Microcolleus"; "Microcolmus"; "Microcolvus"; "Microcoteus"; "Microculeus"; "Microeoleus"; "Microleus"; "Microroleus"; "Microvoleus"; "Mictocoleus"; "Micyrocoleus"; "Miecrocoleus"; "Mierecoleus"; "Mierocoleus"; "Mieroeoleus"; "Mierosoleus"; "Milcrocoleus"; "Miorocoleus"; "Mirrocoleus"; "Mkrocoleus"; "Mlcrocoleus"; "Mucrocoleus"; "Nicrocoieus"; "Xicrocoleus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BRY: 5; UC: 3; ACOI: 1; COI: 1; PCC: 1; SAG: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MICL" 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: 46
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 62
Total number of child taxa: 84

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Microcoleus acremaniae corrig. Casamatta and Johansen 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus acremannii Casamatta and Johansen 2005	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Microcoleus acutissimus Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus aerugineus (Kützing 1849) Migula 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus amoenus (Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Microcoleus amorpha" (Thwaites ex Kützing 1849) Wolle 1887	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Microcoleus amorphus" corrig. (Thwaites ex Kützing 1849) Wolle 1887	not validly published	preferred name
    Microcoleus amplus Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus anatoxicus Stancheva and Conklin 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus annulatus Fritsch and Rich 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus antarcticus Casamatta and Johansen 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus asticus Churro et al. 2020	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus attenuatus (Fritsch 1912) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus aurantiacus Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus autumnalis (Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus baicalensis Izhboldina 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus beggiatoiformis (Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus boergesenii (Gardner 1932) Frémy 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus brasiliensis Borge 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Microcoleus brebissonii" (Kützing 1847) Hansgirg 1887	not validly published	preferred name
    "Microcoleus bryophilus" (Kützing 1843) ex Crouan and Crouan 1867	not validly published	preferred name
    Microcoleus burmanicus (Zeller 1873) Desikachary 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus calidus (Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus californicus Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Microcoleus cataractarum" Hansgirg 1890	not validly published	synonym
    Microcoleus cataractarum Hansgirg ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus caucasicus (Elenkin and Kossinskaja 1949) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus cavanillesii González Guerrero 1946	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus chthonoplastes Thuret ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus codii Frémy 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus confluens Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus crustaceus (Woronichin 1932) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus cryophilus Carlson 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus delicatulus West and West 1896	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus erectiusculus Starmach 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus favosus (Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus ferrugineus Frémy 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus fonticola (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus glaciei Johansen and Casamatta 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus hiemalis (Jaag 1938) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Microcoleus hospita" Hansgirg 1890	not validly published	synonym
    Microcoleus hospita Hansgirg ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus howellii Setchell and Gardner 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus irriguus (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus ivlevii Čado 1958	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus lacustris Farlow ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus lauterbachii Schmidle 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Microcoleus lyngbyaceum" (Kützing 1849) Crouan and Crouan 1867	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Microcoleus lyngbyaceus" corrig. (Kützing 1849) Crouan and Crouan 1867	not validly published	synonym
    "Microcoleus majuscula" Tseng and Hua 1983	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Microcoleus majusculus" corrig. Tseng and Hua 1983	not validly published	preferred name
    Microcoleus minimus Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Microcoleus nigroviridis" (Thwaites ex Gomont 1892) Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    "Microcoleus oligothrix" (Kützing 1847) Hansgirg 1890	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Microcoleus pahoaensis" Sudianto et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Microcoleus paludosus Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Microcoleus pannosus" (Bory 1827) Rabenhorst 1847	not validly published	preferred name
    "Microcoleus polythrix" Hansgirg 1890	not validly published	preferred name
    "Microcoleus pulvinatus" Wolle 1887	not validly published	synonym
    Microcoleus purpureus Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Microcoleus ravenelii" Wolle 1887	not validly published	preferred name
    Microcoleus rupicola (Tilden 1896) Drouet 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus rushforthii Johansen and Casamatta 2005	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Microcoleus salinus" (Kützing 1843) Montagne 1851	not validly published	preferred name
    Microcoleus sampaianus Sampaio 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus setchellianus (Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus sociatus West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus steenstrupii Petersen 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus subsalsus (Gomont 1899) Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus subtorulosus Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus tenerrimus Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    "Microcoleus terrestris" Desmazières ex Engler 1892	not validly published	preferred name
    Microcoleus thermalis Vouk 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus tisserantii Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus vaginatus Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus violaceus Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus vouki Frémy 1932	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Microcoleus voukii corrig. Frémy 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Microcoleus vulgaris Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus wallrothii Strunecký et al. 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus weeksiae corrig. Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Microcoleus weeksii Setchell and Gardner 1918	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Microcoleus wuitneri Frémy 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Komarek J, Johansen J, Lukesova A, Elster J. Molecular and morphological criteria for revision of the genus Microcoleus (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria). J Phycol 2013; 49:1167-1180. 🇨🇿

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