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Order Oscillatoriales
Name: Oscillatoriales Cavalier-Smith 2002
Etymology: Os.cil.la.to.ri.a’les. N.L. fem. n. Oscillatoria, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Oscillatoriales, the Oscillatoria order
Pronunciation, gender: os-kil-la-to-ri-A-les, feminine
Type genus: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892
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. 
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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
Correct name: Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Aerosakkonematales Lefler et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) "Oscillariaceae" Bennett and Murray 1889 heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling "Oscillariales" corrig. Bennett and Murray 1889 heterotypic synonym, not validly published Oscillatoriales Copeland 1936 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oacillatoriales"; "Orcillatoriales"; "Osciflatoriales"; "Oscilfatoriales"; "Oscillaforiales"; "Oscillaioriales"; "Oscillaloriales"; "Oscillaroriales"; "Oscillateriales"; "Oscillatertales"; "Oscillatonales"; "Oscillatorales"; "Oscillatortiales"; "Oscillutoriales"; "Oscinatoriales"; "Oscitlatoriales"; "Osecillatoriales"; "Oseiilatoriales"; "Osoillatariales"; "Osoillaturiales"; "Oszillatoriales".
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🧍 Cyanobacteria validly published under the bacteriological code.
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585. 🇮🇱
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🧍 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. 🇩🇪
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🧍 The type genus "Oscillatoria" does not appear on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, and has not been validly published since 1 January 1980. Consequently, Oscillatoriales Cavalier-Smith 2002 is illegitimate.
Publication:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Parent taxon: Chroococcophyceae Hollerbach et al. 1953
Assigned by:
LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
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: 5006
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