Name: Prochlorococcus Chisholm et al. 1992
Etymology: Pro.chlo.ro.coc.cus. Gr. prep. pro, before, primitive; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain or kernel; N.L. masc. n. Prochlorococcus, primitive green kernel (cell)
Gender: masculine (stem: Prochlorococc-)
Type species: Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm et al. 1992
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Chisholm SW, Frankel SL, Goericke R, Olson RJ, Palenik B, Waterbury JB, West-Johnsrud L, Zettler ER. Prochlorococcus marinus nov. gen. nov. sp.: an oxyphototrophic marine prokaryote containing divinyl chlorophyll a and b. Arch. Microbiol. 1992; 157:297-300.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 79. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:263-265.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm et al. 1992 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Parent taxon: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995
Assigned by:
Coutinho F, Tschoeke DA, Thompson F, Thompson C. Comparative genomics of Synechococcus and proposal of the new genus Parasynechococcus. PeerJ 2016; 3:e1522.
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Record number: 517316