Name: Limnospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Spirulina fusiformis Woronichin 1934

Etymology: fu.si.for’mis. L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, shaped like; N.L. masc./fem. adj. fusiformis, spindle-shaped

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCALA 26; SAG 85.79; UTEX 2340

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16S rRNA gene: KM019968 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nowicka-Krawczyk P, Muhlsteinova R, Hauer T. Detailed characterization of the Arthrospira type species separating commercially grown taxa into the new genus Limnospira (Cyanobacteria). Sci Rep 2019; 9:694.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirulina fusiformis Woronichin 1934	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Arthrospira fusiformis (Woronichin 1934) Komárek and Lund 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Limnospira Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019. Publication: Nowicka-Krawczyk P, Muhlsteinova R, Hauer T. Detailed characterization of the Arthrospira type species separating commercially grown taxa into the new genus Limnospira (Cyanobacteria). Sci Rep 2019; 9:694.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Limnospira Nowicka-Krawczyk et al. 2019

Assigned by: Nowicka-Krawczyk P, Muhlsteinova R, Hauer T. Detailed characterization of the Arthrospira type species separating commercially grown taxa into the new genus Limnospira (Cyanobacteria). Sci Rep 2019; 9:694.

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Record number: 6761