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:
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
  • 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thennosynechococcus"; "Thermosynchococcus"; "Thermosynechoccocus"; "Thermosynechoccus"; "Thermosynechocystis".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Thermosynechococcus Katoh et al. 2020.
  • 😟 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)

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Record number: 4742