Parasynechococcus marisnigri sp. nov.
Submitted by Kamyshnikova, Asia
Genus Parasynechococcus
- Etymology
- [Pa.ra.sy.ne.cho.coc'cus] Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. masc. n. Synechococcus, the bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Parasynechococcus, a genus beside/resembling Synechococcus
- Nomenclatural type
- Species Parasynechococcus marisnigriTs
- Description
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List of characteristics considered essential for membership in the taxon: Characteristic traits of Parasynechococcus are: 16S rRNA gene closely related to marine strains of Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus, α-Carboxysomes, absence of Fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase and 6-phosphofructokinase and presence of DNA polymerase II.
- Classification
- Bacteria » Cyanobacteriota » Cyanophyceae » “Synechococcales” » Synechococcaceae » Parasynechococcus
- References
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Effective publication:
Coutinho et al., 2016 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Coutinho et al., 2016 [2] - Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:31975
Species Parasynechococcus marisnigriTs
- Etymology
- [ma.ris.ni'gri] L. neut. n. mare, sea; L. neut. adj. nigrum, black; N.L. gen. n. marisnigri, referring to the increased abundance of this organism at the Black Sea province
- Nomenclatural type
- NCBI Assembly: GCF_000195975.1 Ts
- Reference Strain
- WH 8102
- Description
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The phycobilisome pigmentation of this strain belongs to class 3c. Bacteriocin gene clusters detected in this genome belong to classes I, U. Reference strain is WH8102, which has a genome of 2.43 Mbp with a GC content of 59.4 % that encodes 2752 genes that include 365 diagnostic orthologous groups. Affiliation to the species can be determined by the presence of Ammonium transporter, Ferric iron ABC transporter: ATP-binding protein, Ferric iron ABC transporter: iron-binding protein, Ferric iron ABC transporter: permease protein, GlnN, NifS, NifU, Nitrate ABC transporter, Nitrate/Nitrite transporter, UreD, UreE, UreF, UreG, UrtA, UrtB, UrtC, UrtD, UrtE, phnE, phoB, phoH, phoR, pstA, pstB, pstC, pstS
- Classification
- Bacteria » Cyanobacteriota » Cyanophyceae » “Synechococcales” » Synechococcaceae » Parasynechococcus » Parasynechococcus marisnigriTs
- References
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Effective publication:
Coutinho et al., 2016 [1]
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:33333
References
- Coutinho et al. (2016). Proposal of fifteen new species of Parasynechococcus based on genomic, physiological and ecological features. Archives of Microbiology. DOI:10.1007/s00203-016-1256-y
- Coutinho et al. (2016). Comparative genomics of Synechococcus and proposal of the new genus Parasynechococcus. PeerJ. DOI:10.7717/peerj.1522
Register List Certificate of Validation
On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:rk53ahu7 submitted by Kamyshnikova, Asia and including 2 new names has been successfully validated.
Date of Priority:
2024-07-15 01:05 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:rk53ahu7
