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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Kryptousia microlepis

Name: Kryptousia microlepis Alvarenga et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro’le.pis. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. fem. n. lepis, flake; N.L. fem. n. microlepis, small flake, in reference to its flake-like arrangement of filaments

Pronunciation, gender: mi-KRO-le-pis, feminine

Holotype: CENA 354; SP 469782

16S rRNA gene: KY508612 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

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: 801250
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