Name: "Regnicoccus" Walter et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Re.gni.coc’cus. L. gen. neut. n. regni, powerful, royal power, control; N.L. masc. n. Regnicoccus, referring to an abundant organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Regnicocc-), re-n͡gni-KOK-kus

Type species: "Regnicoccus antarcticus" Walter et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The distinct name Magnicoccus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Regnicoccus antarcticus" Walter et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Regnicoccus frigidus" Panwar et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

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

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Record number: 20328