Name: "Thermosynechococcus" Katoh et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.sy.ne.cho.coc.cus. N.L. masc. n. coccus, grain; N.L. masc. n. Thermosynechococcus

Gender: masculine (stem: Thermosynechococc-)

Original publication: Katoh H, Itoh S, Shen JR, Ikeuchi M. Functional analysis of psbV and a novel c-type cytochrome gene psbV2 of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus strain BP-1. Plant Cell Physiol 2001; 42:599-607.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Thermosynechococcaceae". Publication: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Thennosynechococcus"; "Thermosynchococcus"; "Thermosynechoccocus"; "Thermosynechoccus"; "Thermosynechocystis".
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • Komarek and Golubic (1990) regard this name as a invalid (nomen nudum). Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.

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
    "Thermosynechococcus elongatus" Katoh et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Thermosynechococcus vulcanus" (Copeland 1936) Katoh et al. 2001	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995

Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.

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Record number: 4742