Species "Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum"

Name: "Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum" Usher et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: spon.gi.a’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. spongiarum, of sponges

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sy-ne-kho-KOK-kus spon-gi-A-rum, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 50SA

16S rRNA gene: AY190170 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Usher KM, Fromont J, Sutton DC, Toze S. The biogeography and phylogeny of unicellular cyanobacterial symbionts in sponges from Australia and the Mediterranean. Microb Ecol 2004; 48:167-177. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Synechococcus Nägeli 1849

Assigned by: Usher KM, Fromont J, Sutton DC, Toze S. The biogeography and phylogeny of unicellular cyanobacterial symbionts in sponges from Australia and the Mediterranean. Microb Ecol 2004; 48:167-177. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 800630

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