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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Desmonostoc alborizicum

Name: Desmonostoc alborizicum Nowruzi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.bo.ri’zi.cum. N.L. neut. adj. alborizicum, referring to Alborz, name of a mountain range in northern Iran [probably better: alborzicum]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: des-mo-NOS-tok al-bo-RI-zi-kum, neuter

Holotype: 1387; ALBORZ 1387; CCC 1387

16S rRNA gene: OM800960 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Nowruzi B, Becerra-Absalon I, Metcalf JS. A Novel Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacterial Species from the Genus Desmonostoc, Desmonostoc alborizicum sp. nov., Isolated from a Water Supply System of Iran. Curr Microbiol 2022; 80:49. 🇮🇷

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Desmonostoc Hrouzek and Ventura 2013

Assigned by: Nowruzi B, Becerra-Absalon I, Metcalf JS. A Novel Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacterial Species from the Genus Desmonostoc, Desmonostoc alborizicum sp. nov., Isolated from a Water Supply System of Iran. Curr Microbiol 2022; 80:49. 🇮🇷

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Record number: 35096

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