Name: Chloronema Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Chloronema, green filament

Gender: neuter (stem: Chloronemat-)

Type species: Chloronema giganteum Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Dubinina GA, Gorlenko VM. New filamentous photosynthetic green bacteria containing gas vacuoles. Mikrobiologiya 1975; 44:511-517.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Chloroflexaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CLNM" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chloronema giganteum Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chloronema spiroideum" Dubinina and Gorlenko 1975	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Oscillochloridaceae Keppen et al. 2000

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Chander P, George S. Phylogenetic framework and molecular signatures for the class Chloroflexi and its different clades; proposal for division of the class Chloroflexia class. nov. [corrected] into the suborder Chloroflexineae subord. nov., consisting of the emended family Oscillochloridaceae and the family Chloroflexaceae fam. nov., and the suborder Roseiflexineae subord. nov., containing the family Roseiflexaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:99-119.

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