Name: Pseudolimnococcus de Oliveira et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.lim.no.coc’cus. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, meaning false; N.L. masc. n. Limnococcus, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Pseudolimnococcus, referring a false Limnococcus, due to the similar morphology between these genera

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Pseudolimnococc-), pse͡u-do-lim-no-KOK-kus

Type species: Pseudolimnococcus planktonicus de Oliveira et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: de Oliveira FL, Hentschke GS, Morais J, Silva R, Cruz P, Vasconcelos VM. Exploring the cyanobacterial diversity in Portugal: Description of four new genera from LEGE-CC using the polyphasic approach. J Phycol 2024; 60:1285-1304. 🇧🇷

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: Chroococcaceae Rabenhorst 1863

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 53337
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