Name: Oscillochloris Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989
Etymology: N.L. pres. part. oscillans, oscillating; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. fem. n. Oscillochloris, oscillating green (bacterium)
Gender: feminine (stem: Oscillochlorid-)
Type species: Oscillochloris chrysea Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Gorlenko VM, Pivovarova TA. On the assignment of the blue-green alga Oscillatoria coerulescens Gicklhorn, 1921, to the new genus of Chlorobacteria oscillochloris nov. gen. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Biol. 1977; 3:396-409.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Oscillochloris chrysea Gorlenko and Pivovarova 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Oscillochloris fontis" Gaisin et al. 2019 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Oscillochloris kuznetsovii" Gaisin et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Oscillochloris trichoides (ex Szafer 1910) Gorlenko and Korotkov 1989 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Oscillochloridaceae Keppen et al. 2000
Assigned by: Keppen OI, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Ivanovsky RN, Gorlenko VM. Proposal of Oscillochloridaceae fam. nov. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, and emended description of Oscillochloris and Oscillochloris trichoides in comparison with further new isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1529-1537.
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