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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Desertifilum fontinale

Name: Desertifilum fontinale Dadheech et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti.na’le. L. masc. n. fons, spring, water; N.L. neut. adj. fontinale, the specific epithet refers to the habitat at the locus classicus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-ser-ti-FI-lum fon-ti-NA-le, neuter

Holotype: B 400040927; KR 2012/2; UTEX LB2975

16S rRNA gene: KJ028038 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Dadheech PK, Mahmoud H, Kotut K, Krienitz L. Desertifilum fontinale sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) from a warm spring in East Africa, based on conventional and molecular studies. Fottea 2014; 14:129-140. 🇩🇪

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Desertifilum Dadheech and Krienitz 2012

Assigned by: Dadheech PK, Mahmoud H, Kotut K, Krienitz L. Desertifilum fontinale sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) from a warm spring in East Africa, based on conventional and molecular studies. Fottea 2014; 14:129-140. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 6720

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