Roseofilum Casamatta, Stanic, Gantar & Richarson, 2012: 494
Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycideae
Order Oscillatoriales
Family Oscillatoriales incertae sedis (1)
Holotype species: Roseofilum reptotaenium Casamatta, Stanic, Gantar & Richarson
Original publication and holotype designation:Casamatta, D., Stanic, D., Gantar, M. & Richardson, L.L. (2012). Characterization of Roseofilum reptotaenium (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) gen. et sp. nov. isolated from Caribbean black band disease. Phycologia 51(5): 489-499.
Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There are 2 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present, of which 2 have 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):
Roseofilum corallyticum (Rützler & Santavy) Casamatta, Stanic, Gantar & Richarson C
Roseofilum reptotaenium Casamatta, Stanic, Gantar & Richarson C - type
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=51397
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:111904
