Name: Gloeobacterales Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Gloeobacter, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gloeobacterales, the Gloeobacter order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Gloeobacter Rippka et al. 1974

Valid publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Gloeobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Nomenclatural type of the subdivision "Gloeobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this order to the class Gloeobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this order to the subclass "Gloeobacterophycidae" Hoffmann et al. 2005. 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.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this order to the class "Cyanobacteria". 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: "Gloebacterales".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; ULC: 1; CCAP: 1; UTEX: 1.
  • Cyanobacteria validly published under the bacteriological code. Publication: Parker CT, Tindall BJ, Garrity GM. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:S1-S111.
  • Rejected Name (Judicial Commission, Opinion 79 suppl.; IJSEM 64: 3599–3602). Publication: Tindall BJ. Names at the rank of class, subclass and order, their typification and current status: Supplementary information to Opinion 79. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3599-3602.
  • The type genus "Gloeobacter" has no standing in bacterial nomenclature. Consequently, Gloeobacterales Cavalier-Smith 2002 is illegitimate. Publication: Rippka R, Waterbury J, Cohen-Bazire G. A Cyanobacterium Which Lacks Thylakoids. Arch. Microbiol. 1974; 100:419-436.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anthocerotibacteraceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Gloeobacteraceae Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Cyanophyceae Schaffner 1909

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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