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Order Gloeomargaritales
Name: Gloeomargaritales Moreira et al. 2017
Etymology: Gloe.o.mar.ga.ri.ta’les. N.L. fem. n. Gloeomargarita, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Gloeomargaritales, the order of the genus Gloeomargarita
Pronunciation, gender: glo͡e-o-mar-ga-ri-TA-les, feminine
Type genus: Gloeomargarita Moreira et al. 2017
Valid publication:
Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Moreira et al. (2017) assigned this order to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658.
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this order to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
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.
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🧒 Moreira et al. (2017) assigned the genus Gloeomargarita Moreira et al. 2017 to this order.
Publication:
Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: FCME: 3; CCAP: 3; PMC: 2.
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🧕 Moreira et al. (2017) assigned this order to the class Cyanophyceae Hauck 1885.
Publication:
Moreira D, Tavera R, Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Couradeau E, Gerard E, Fonta CL, Novelo E, Zivanovic Y, Lopez-Garcia P. Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a thylakoid-bearing, basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:653-658.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Gloeomargaritaceae Moreira et al. 2017 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953
Assigned by:
Aleksovski B, Krstić S, Guiry MD. The names of phyla and classes of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria, cyanophytes) and a typified name: Cyanobacteriophyta Oren, Mareš et Rippka. Fottea 2025; 25:212-217.
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Record number: 6535
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