Genus "Thermosynechococcus"

Name: "Thermosynechococcus" Katoh et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.sy.ne.cho.coc’cus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Synechococcus, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Thermosynechococcus, a heat-loving Synechococcus-like organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Thermosynechococc-), t^her-mo-sy-ne-k^ho-KOK-kus

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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Thermosynechococcales" Salazar et al. 2020. Publication: Salazar VW, Tschoeke DA, Swings J, Cosenza CA, Mattoso M, Thompson CC, Thompson FL. A new genomic taxonomy system for the Synechococcus collective. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4557-4570. 🇧🇷
  • 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Synechococcaceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995. Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kastovsky J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) - state in 2004. Algological Studies 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"; "Thermosynechcoccus"; "Thermosynechoccocus"; "Thermosynechoccus"; "Thermosynechocystis".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Thermosynechococcus Katoh et al. 2020.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
  • 🧍 Komarek and Golubic (1990) regard this name as a invalid (nomen nudum). Publication: Komárek J, Golubić S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Published by the Authors, Třeboň and Boston, 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
    "Thermosynechococcus vulcanus" (Copeland 1936) Katoh et al. 2001	not validly published	synonym

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Record number: 4742