Name: Aliinostoc morphoplasticum Bagchi et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mor.pho.pla’sti.cum. Gr. fem. n. morphê, form, shape; Gr. masc. adj. plastikos, ê, on, fit for moulding, plastic; N.L. neut. n. morphoplasticum, having a shape that can vary or can adapt, because the strain shows a variety of heterocyte shapes

Gender: neuter

Holotype: MCC 3177

16S rRNA gene: KY403996 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bagchi SN, Dubey N, Singh P. Phylogenetically distant clade of Nostoc-like taxa with the description of Aliinostoc gen. nov. and Aliinostoc morphoplasticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3329-3338.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aliinostoc Bagchi et al. 2017. Publication: Bagchi SN, Dubey N, Singh P. Phylogenetically distant clade of Nostoc-like taxa with the description of Aliinostoc gen. nov. and Aliinostoc morphoplasticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3329-3338.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aliinostoc Bagchi et al. 2017

Assigned by: Bagchi SN, Dubey N, Singh P. Phylogenetically distant clade of Nostoc-like taxa with the description of Aliinostoc gen. nov. and Aliinostoc morphoplasticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3329-3338.

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Record number: 800660