Name: Aegeococcus thureti Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thu’ret.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. thureti, The specific epithet refers to Gustave Thuret (1817-1895), a noted botanist from France who carried out intense research on marine algae and, among others, established the marine cyanobacterial genus Xenococcus.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: TAU A01010; TAU-MAC 2015

16S rRNA gene: MN833629 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The authority of the taxon name (Konstantinou and Gkelis) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Konstantinou et al.).

Parent taxon: Aegeococcus Konstantinou and Gkelis 2021

Assigned by: Konstantinou D, Voultsiadou E, Panteris E, Gkelis S. Revealing new sponge-associated cyanobacterial diversity: Novel genera and species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 155:106991.

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Record number: 17506