Name: "Pseudosynechococcus" Walter et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.sy.ne.cho.coc’cus. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. masc. n. Synechococcus, another cyanobacteria genus; N.L. masc. n. Pseudosynechococcus, a false Synechococcus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Pseudosynechococc-), pse͡u-do-sy-ne-kho-KOK-kus

Original publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132. 🇧🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 4

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Record number: 20868
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