Name: Pseudochroococcus Duval et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.chro.o.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. Pseudochroococcus, refers to the cyanobacterium morphology (colonial) like Chroococcus sensu stricto, but, clearly phylogenetically separate in two different clades

Gender: masculine (stem: Pseudochroococc-)

Type species: Pseudochroococcus coutei Duval et al. 2021

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Duval C, Hamlaoui S, Piquet B, Toutirais G, Yéprémian C, Reinhardt A, Duperron S, Marie B, Demay J, Bernard C. Diversity of cyanobacteria from thermal muds (Balaruc-Les-Bains, France) with the description of Pseudochroococcus coutei gen. nov., sp. nov. FEMS Microbes 2021; 2:0.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudochroococcus coutei Duval et al. 2021	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: [Chroococcales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 21487