Name: "Cyanobacterium stanieri" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: stan.i’er.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. stanieri, of Stanier, named in honour of the famous Canadian microbiologist Roger Y. Stanier for his great contribution to development of marine microbiology and, especially, to the investigation of the taxonomy and ecology of Cytophaga-like bacteria, currently the phylum Bacteroidetes

Gender: neuter

Type strain: PCC 7202

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF132782 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Rippka R, Cohen-Bazire G. The cyanobacteriales: a legitimate order based on the type strain Cyanobacterium stanieri? Ann Microbiol (Paris) 1983; 134B:21-36.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cyanobacterium stanieri Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Geminocystis stanieri" (Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983) Walter et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Cyanobacterium stanieri Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Cyanobacterium" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983. Publication: Rippka R, Cohen-Bazire G. The cyanobacteriales: a legitimate order based on the type strain Cyanobacterium stanieri? Ann Microbiol (Paris) 1983; 134B:21-36.
  • 🧍 Regarded as not validly published: based on living culture. — 🧍 Regarded as not validly published. Latin description missing (Article 44.1). Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Parent taxon: "Cyanobacterium" Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983

Assigned by: Rippka R, Cohen-Bazire G. The cyanobacteriales: a legitimate order based on the type strain Cyanobacterium stanieri? Ann Microbiol (Paris) 1983; 134B:21-36.

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Record number: 6716