Name: Kryptousia macronema Alvarenga et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.cro.ne’ma. Gr. masc. adj. makros, long; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. macronema, long thread, in reference to the length of filaments (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: ma-kro-NE-ma, feminine

Holotype: CENA 338; SP 469781

16S rRNA gene: KY508610 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alvarenga DO, Andreote APD, Branco LHZ, Fiore MF. Kryptousia macronema gen. nov., sp. nov. and Kryptousia microlepis sp. nov., nostocalean cyanobacteria isolated from phyllospheres. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3301-3309.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kryptousia Alvarenga et al. 2017. Publication: Alvarenga DO, Andreote APD, Branco LHZ, Fiore MF. Kryptousia macronema gen. nov., sp. nov. and Kryptousia microlepis sp. nov., nostocalean cyanobacteria isolated from phyllospheres. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3301-3309.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Kryptousia Alvarenga et al. 2017

Assigned by: Alvarenga DO, Andreote APD, Branco LHZ, Fiore MF. Kryptousia macronema gen. nov., sp. nov. and Kryptousia microlepis sp. nov., nostocalean cyanobacteria isolated from phyllospheres. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3301-3309.

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Record number: 6548