Name: Prosthecochloris Gorlenko 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. prosthêkê, appendage; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, greenish-yellow, pale green; N.L. fem. n. Prosthecochloris, green (organism) with appendages
Gender: feminine (stem: Prosthecochlorid-)
Type species: Prosthecochloris aestuarii Gorlenko 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Gorlenko VM. A new phototrophic green sulphur bacterium. Prosthecochloris aestuarii nov. gen. nov. spec. Z Allg Mikrobiol 1970; 10:147-149.
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 9
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Prosthecochloris aestuarii Gorlenko 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Prosthecochloris corallii" corrig. Cai et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Prosthecochloris ethylica" Kyndt et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Prosthecochloris indica" Anil Kumar et al. 2009 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Prosthecochloris isoporae" Chen et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Prosthecochloris korallensis" Cai et al. 2017 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling (and no standing) |
Prosthecochloris marina Bryantseva et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Prosthecochloris phaeoasteroidea" Puchkova and Gorlenko 1976 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Prosthecochloris vibrioformis (Pelsh 1936) Imhoff 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Imhoff JF. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:941-951.
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Record number: 516400