Name: Pelodictyon Lauterborn 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.lo.dic’ty.on. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, dark-coloured, dusky, ash-coloured; Gr. neut. n. diktyon, a net; N.L. neut. n. Pelodictyon, dark-coloured net

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Pelodicty-), pe-lo-DIK-ty-on

Type species: Pelodictyon clathratiforme (Szafer 1910) Lauterborn 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lauterborn R. Zur Kenntnis einiger sapropelischer Schizomyceten. Allgemeine Botanische Zeitschrift 1913; 19:97-100.

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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925. 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 "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925. 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 Aphanothece Nägeli 1849. Publication: Szafer W. Zur Kenntnis der Schwefelflora in der Umgebung von Lemberg. Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie, Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles Série B 1910; 1910:160-167.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Imhoff JF. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:941-951.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pelodiclyon"; "Pelodicpon"; "Pewdictyon".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; BCRC: 1.
  • 🧍 According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Bacteria. Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PEDT" 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pelodictyon clathratiforme (Szafer 1910) Lauterborn 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelodictyon luteolum (Schmidle 1901) Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pelodictyon phaeoclathratiforme Overmann and Pfennig 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelodictyon phaeum Gorlenko 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Copeland HF. The classification of lower organisms. Pacific Books, Palo Alto, California, 1956.

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Record number: 517095