Parasynechococcus

Citation

Formal styling

Parasynechococcus Coutinho et al., 2016 (valid 2024)

Effective publication

Coutinho et al., 2016

SeqCode status

Valid (SeqCode)

Register List

seqco.de/r:rk53ahu7 (validated)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:31975

Nomenclature

Rank

Genus

Inferred stem

Parasynechococc-

Syllabication

Pa.ra.sy.ne.cho.coc'cus

Etymology

Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. masc. n. Synechococcus, the bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Parasynechococcus, a genus beside/resembling Synechococcus

Nomenclatural type

Parasynechococcus marisnigri^Ts

Nomenclatural status

Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description

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

Parent

Synechococcaceae assigned in Coutinho et al., 2016

Alternative placements

• “Cyanobiaceae” gtdb
• Prochlorococcaceae ncbi

Children (3)

• “Parasynechococcus antarcticus”
• “Parasynechococcus marinus”
• Parasynechococcus marisnigri^Ts ncbigtdb

Alternatively placed children (1)

• “Regnicoccus antarcticus” (preferred placement in “Regnicoccus”)

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• NCBI Taxonomy: 2881427
• GTDB Tree: g__Parasynechococcus
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Wikispecies: Parasynechococcus (see reference source)

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide
• NCBI Genomes table

Local history

• This name was last modified 3 months ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered by

Kamyshnikova, Asia 11 months ago

Submitted by

Palmer, Marike 5 months ago

Curators

• Palmer, Marike
• Rodriguez-R, Luis M (genomics)
• Van Lill, Melandre (nomenclature)

Validated by

Rodriguez-R, Luis M 3 months ago

Date of priority

2024-07-15 01:05 PM (UTC)