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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Gloeocapsopsis diffluens

Name: Gloeocapsopsis diffluens Jung et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dif’flu.ens. L. fem. part. adj. diffluens, flowing away

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: glo͡e-o-kaps-OP-sis DIF-flu-ens, feminine

Holotype: DSM 109259; HBG 24928; PJ S16

16S rRNA gene: MT986030 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Jung P, Azua-Bustos A, Gonzalez-Silva C, Mikhailyuk T, Zabicki D, Holzinger A, Lakatos M, Budel B. Emendation of the Coccoid Cyanobacterial Genus Gloeocapsopsis and Description of the New Species Gloeocapsopsis diffluens sp. nov. and Gloeocapsopsis dulcis sp. nov. Isolated From the Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert (Chile). Front Microbiol 2021; 12:671742. 🇩🇪

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Gloeocapsopsis Geitler ex Komárek 1993

Assigned by: Jung P, Azua-Bustos A, Gonzalez-Silva C, Mikhailyuk T, Zabicki D, Holzinger A, Lakatos M, Budel B. Emendation of the Coccoid Cyanobacterial Genus Gloeocapsopsis and Description of the New Species Gloeocapsopsis diffluens sp. nov. and Gloeocapsopsis dulcis sp. nov. Isolated From the Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert (Chile). Front Microbiol 2021; 12:671742. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 20181

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