Cyanothece major (Schröter) Komárek 1976
Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Eubacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycidae
Order Oscillatoriales
Family Cyanothecaceae
Genus Cyanothece
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Publication details
Cyanothece major (Schröter) Komárek 1976: 146 (as 'maior' )
Published in: Komárek, J. (1976). Taxonomic review of the genera Synechocystis Sauv. 1892, Synechococcus Näg. 1849, and Cyanothece gen. nov (Cyanophyceae). Archiv für Protistenkunde 118: 119-179.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cyanothece is Cyanothece aeruginosa (Nägeli) Komárek.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Synechococcus major J.Schröter
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), great.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Synechococcus major J.Schröter 1884
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Synechococcus major f. crassior Lagerheim 1886
Synechococcus major var. maximus Lemmermann 1896
Synechococcus aeruginosus var. maximus (Lemmermann) Lemmermann 1907
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
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Key references
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
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Verified by: 03 March 2019 by M.D. Guiry
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