Fottea 9(1): 59-64, 2009 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2009.005

Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (RALFS ex BORNET et FLAHAULT) comb. nova.

Pirjo Wacklin1, Lucien Hoffmann2, Jiří Komárek3
1 Department of Applied Chemrstry and Microbiology Viikki Biocenter, PO Box 56, FI-00014, Unversity of Helsinky, Finland
2 Départment Environnement et Agro-biotechnologies (EVA), Centre de Recherche Public-Gabriel Lippmann 41, rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Grand-duchy of Luxembourg
3 Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dukelská 135, CZ-37982 Třeboň and Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, CZ 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

The traditional cyanobacterial genus Anabaena is heterogeneous, as follows from the modern molecular evaluation. The cluster of planktic Anabaena-morphotypes with gas vesicles in cells must be separated as a unique generic entity from the typical benthic mat-forming species. In the present articles all planktic morphospecies are transferred into the new genus Dolichospermum in agreement with Botanical nomenclatoric rules. The name "Dolichospermum" is based on a taxonomic category of section in starting point publication (Bornet & Flahault
1888), which is valid for heterocytous cynobacteria.

Keywords: Cyanobacteria, Anabaena, Dolichospermum, taxonomy, nomenclatoric validation

Received: December 31, 2008; Accepted: February 15, 2009; Published: March 1, 2009Show citation

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Wacklin, P., Hoffmann, L., & Komárek, J. (2009). Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (RALFS ex BORNET et FLAHAULT) comb. nova. Fottea, 9(1), 59-64. doi: 10.5507/fot.2009.005
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