Acaryochloris Miyashita & Chihara, 2003: 1249
Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Synechococcophycideae
Order Synechococcales
Family Acaryochloridaceae
Holotype species: Acaryochloris marina H.Miyashita & M.Chihara
Original publication and holotype designation:Miyashita, H., Ikemoto, H., Kurano, N., Miyachi, S. & Chihara, M. (2003). Acaryochloris marina gen. et sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria), an oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryote containing chl d as a major pigment. Journal of Phycology 39: 1247-1253.
Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
Description: Cells are spheroidal or ellipsoidal. They are sheathed and nonmotile. The cells contain chl d as a major pigment. Phycobilisomes are absent. Thylakoids are appressed peripherally. Gas vacuole is absent. Reproduction is performed asexually by binary division.
Comments: According to Silva (Index Nominum Algarum), generic name invalid, valid according to bacteriological code.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There is only one species or infraspecific name in the database at present, which has been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Acaryochloris marina H.Miyashita & M.Chihara C - type
Contributors
Some of the descriptions included in AlgaeBase were originally from the unpublished Encyclopedia of Algal Genera,
organised in the 1990s by Dr Bruce Parker on behalf of the Phycological Society of America (PSA)
and intended to be published in CD format.
These AlgaeBase descriptions are now being continually updated, and each current contributor is identified above.
The PSA and AlgaeBase warmly acknowledge the generosity of all past and present contributors and particularly the work of Dr Parker.
Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=49141
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:87022
