Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.681

Name

Family 3.1 McNeill et al. 2006

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Subsection III (Schaffner 1922) Castenholz et al. 2001

Members

genus	Alkalinema Vaz et al. 2015
genus	Arthrospira McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Borzia McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Crinalium McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Geitlerinema McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Halospirulina Nübel et al. 2000 emend. McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Leptolyngbya McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Limnothrix McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Lyngbya McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Microcoleus McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Oscillatoria McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Pantanalinema Vaz et al. 2015
genus	Planktothricoides Suda et al. 2002
genus	Planktothrix Suda et al. 2006 emend. McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Prochlorothrix Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989 emend. McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Pseudanabaena McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Spirulina McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Starria McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Symploca McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Trichodesmium McNeill et al. 2006
genus	Tychonema McNeill et al. 2006

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Cyanobacteria Woese et al. 1985 emend. McNeill et al. 2006 non Cyanobacteria Woese et al. 2006
class Cyanobacteria (Stanier 1973) Woese et al. 2006 emend. McNeill et al. 2006 non Cyanobacteria Woese et al. 1985
order Subsection III (Schaffner 1922) Castenholz et al. 2001
family Family 3.1 McNeill et al. 2006

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Family 3.1 McNeill et al. 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.681.

Source File

10.1601/tx.681.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 21, 2018.

References

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Henson BJ, Hesselbrock SM, Watson LE, Barnum S.R.. Molecular phylogeny of the heterocystous cyanobacteria (subsections IV and V) based on nifD. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:493-497. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02821-0 [PubMed].
McNeill J, Barrie FR, Burdet HM, Demoulin V, Hawksworth DL, Marhold K, Nicolson DH, Prado J, Silva PC, Skog JE, Wiersema JH, Turland NJ. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code) adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, July 2005. In: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Burdet HM, Demoulin V, Hawksworth DL, Marhold K, Nicolson DH, Prado J, Silva PC, Skog JE, Wiersema JH, Turland NJ (eds), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code), A.R.G. Ganter, Königstein, 2007, p. 1-568.
Vaz MGMV, Genuário DB, Andreote APD, Malone CGS, Anna CLS, Barbiero L, Fiore MF. Pantanalinema gen. nov. and Alkalinema gen. nov.: novel pseudanabaenacean genera (Cyanobacteria) isolated from saline–alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:298-308. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.070110-0 [PubMed].