Name: Myxosarcina Printz 1921

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.xo.sar.ci.na. L. fem. n. sarcina, a package; N.L. fem. n. Myxosarcina

Gender: feminine (stem: Myxosarcin-)

Type species: Myxosarcina concinna Printz 1921

Valid publication: Printz H. Subaërial algae from South Africa. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1921; 1920:1-41.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Xenococcaceae Ercegović 1932. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Iyxosarcina"; "Mrrosarcina"; "Myacosarcina"; "Myxasarcina"; "Myxesareina"; "Myxomrcina"; "Myxosmcina"; "Myxossrcina"; "Myzosarcina"; "Myzxosarcina".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MXSR" 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: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Myxosarcina burmensis Skuja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Myxosarcina chroococcoides Geitler 1928	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Myxosarcina concinna Printz 1921	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxosarcina decolorata (Varma and Mitra 1962) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Myxosarcina dubia" (Ercegović 1925) Bourrelly 1970	not validly published
    Myxosarcina gloeocapsoides (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Myxosarcina tatrica (Starmach 1981) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Pleurocapsaceae Geitler 1925

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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