Name DOI
10.1601/nm.17944
Name
 (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
class
Nomenclatural Type
(one of the contained orders)
 (Stanier 1973) Gibbons and Murray 1978
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Oxyphotobacteria (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988
Nomenclatural History
The class Oxyphotobacteria was originally proposed by Murray 1984. This name became validly published when it appeared on Validation List No. 25 in 1988. Murray elevated the subclass Gibbons and Murray 1978 to the rank of class to form this name in 1984.

Soo et al. 2017, "We therefore propose to reinstigate the name Oxyphotobacteria (Gibbons and Murray 1978) to describe all photosynthetic cyanobacteria (including chloroplasts) in a single class. Gr. adj. oxus, acidor sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; Gr. n. phos photos, light; Gr. n. bak.te'ri.a, staff, cane; suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Oxyphotobacteria, light-requiring bacteria that produce oxygen."
Citation
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Name Abstract for Oxyphotobacteria (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Murray 1988.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.17944.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on August 8, 2019.

References

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