Geminocystaceae

Citation

Formal styling

Geminocystaceae Tuji et al., 2021

Effective publication

Tuji et al., 2021

SeqCode status

Valid (ICNafp)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:33327

Nomenclature

Rank

Family

Inferred stem

Geminocyst-

Etymology

Geminocystis, referring to the type genus Geminocystis; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Geminocystaceae, the Geminocystis family

Nomenclatural type

Geminocystis

Taxonomy

Description

Tuji et al., 2021: Morphologically two types of cyanobacteria, with coccoid cells solitary or in groups and with uniseriate solitary trichomes. Solitary cells spherical to rod–shaped with rounded ends, with or without mucilage, without sheaths, divided by binary fission in one plane or into two perpendicular planes in successive generations. Trichome cells longer than wide, with rounded or flattened apical cells, without sheaths. Thylakoids radial, semi radial,  irregular in the transverse plane, and parallel in the longitudinal plane. 

Classification

Bacteria » Cyanobacteriota » Cyanophyceae » Chroococcales » Geminocystaceae

Parent

Chroococcales ncbi assigned in Strunecký et al., 2023

Children (6)

• “Annamia” ncbi
• Cyanobacterium ncbi
• “Geminobacterium” ncbi
• Geminocystis ncbi
• “Microcrocis” ncbi
• “Picosynechococcus” ncbi

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• NCBI Taxonomy: 2815910
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Wikispecies: Geminocystaceae (see reference source)

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide
• NCBI Genomes table

Local history

• This name was last modified 10 months ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered by

Rodriguez-R, Luis M 12 months ago

Reported valid by

Rodriguez-R, Luis M 11 months ago