Name: Phayaothrix Tawong et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Phayaothrix, referring to a cyanobacterial filament from Phayao Lake, Thailand, from which the type strain of this filamentous cyanobacterium was isolated

Gender: feminine (stem: Phayaotrich-)

Type species: Phayaothrix lacustris Tawong et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tawong W, Nishimura T, Pongcharoen P, Saijuntha W, Kucharoenphaibul S, Sunpapao P, Pongpadung P, Ponza S. Molecular characterization uncovering a novel genus of tapering-filamentous cyanobacteria from Thailand: Phayaothrix lacustris gen. & sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanophyta). Phytotaxa 2024; 647:34-52.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Hapalosiphonaceae Elenkin 1916

Assigned by: Tawong W, Nishimura T, Pongcharoen P, Saijuntha W, Kucharoenphaibul S, Sunpapao P, Pongpadung P, Ponza S. Molecular characterization uncovering a novel genus of tapering-filamentous cyanobacteria from Thailand: Phayaothrix lacustris gen. & sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanophyta). Phytotaxa 2024; 647:34-52.

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Record number: 48971
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