Name: Desmonostoc raii Kumar et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. raii, named in honor of Prof. LC Rai, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, India, a pioneer of modern studies of genomics and proteomics of cyanobacteria from India

Pronunciation, gender: RA-i-i, neuter

Holotype: BG3A-PS; GCC 202327; GCC-botanybhu-202327; GCC-botanybhy-202327

16S rRNA gene: OQ785346 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kumar N, Saraf A, Pal S, Singh P. Expanding the cyanobacterial flora of India: Multiple novel species of Nostoc and Desmonostoc from Jammu and Kashmir, India using a polyphasic approach. J Phycol 2024; 60:1190-1209.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Desmonostoc Hrouzek and Ventura 2013

Assigned by: Kumar N, Saraf A, Pal S, Singh P. Expanding the cyanobacterial flora of India: Multiple novel species of Nostoc and Desmonostoc from Jammu and Kashmir, India using a polyphasic approach. J Phycol 2024; 60:1190-1209.

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Record number: 56860
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