×
Support LPSN

Please sign and share this petition calling for caution before changing bacterial names in databases.

Participate in our survey on high-level taxonomy.

Sign up to our mailing list to receive updates from LPSN every few months and follow the ICSP on LinkedIn.


Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Myxosarcina rubra"

Name: "Myxosarcina rubra" (Gardner 1927) Bourrelly 1970

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Endospora rubra Gardner 1927

Etymology: ru’bra. L. fem. adj. rubra, red

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-xo-SAR-ki-na RU-bra, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 1916 a

Original publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Endospora rubra Gardner 1927

Parent taxon: Myxosarcina Printz 1921

Assigned by: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.35271Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 35271

This LPSN page was printed on 2026-08-15 07:47:47