Name: Planktothricoides Suda and Watanabe 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Plank.to.thric.oi’des. N.L. fem. n. Planktothrix, a genus of cyanobacteria; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling; N.L. fem. n. Planktothricoides, resembling Planktothrix Anagnostidis et Koma! rek

Gender: feminine (stem: Planktothricoid-)

Type species: Planktothricoides raciborskii Suda et al. 2002

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suda S, Watanabe MM, Otsuka S, Mahakahant A, Yongmanitchai W, Nopartnaraporn N, Liu Y, Day JG. Taxonomic revision of water-bloom-forming species of oscillatorioid cyanobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1577-1595.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898. Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.
  • Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • The authority of the taxon name (Suda and Watanabe) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Suda et al.).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NIES: 1; CCAP: 1.
  • Full authorship: Suda and M. M. Watanabe. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • Under the Rules of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), Planktothricoides raciborskii Suda et al. 2002 is a new species not a new combination as cited in the paper by Suda et al. 2002. Publication: Lapage SP, Sneath PHA, Lessel EF, Skerman VBD, Seeliger HPR, Clark WA. International code of nomenclature of bacteria (1990 revision). American Society for Microbiology, Washington, 1992.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Planktothricoides attenuata Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Candidatus Planktothricoides niger" Guidi-Rontani et al. 2014	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Planktothricoides nigra" corrig. Guidi-Rontani et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Planktothricoides raciborskii Suda et al. 2002	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Candidatus Planktothricoides rosea" Guidi-Rontani et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae Komárek et al. 2014

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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