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Spirulina Turpin Ex Gomont, 1893
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1053

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Bacteria
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - minimum standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	unknown
	Latest Record Review:	unknown

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Bacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002 – bactéries, bacteria, bacterias, bactérias
	Subkingdom	Negibacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002
	Phylum	Cyanobacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002 – blue-green algae, cyanophytes
	Class	Cyanophyceae
	Order	Nostocales
	Family	Oscillatoriaceae
	Genus	Spirulina Turpin Ex Gomont, 1893
		Direct Children:
	Species	Spirulina corakiana Playfair
	Species	Spirulina crispum Kullberg
	Species	Spirulina labyrinthiformis
	Species	Spirulina laxa G. M. Smith
	Species	Spirulina laxissima G. S. West, 1907
	Species	Spirulina major Kuetzing Ex Gomont
	Species	Spirulina meneghiniana Zanard.
	Species	Spirulina nordstedtii Gomont, 1892
	Species	Spirulina princeps
	Species	Spirulina subsalsa Oersted
	Species	Spirulina subtilissima
	Species	Spirulina tenerrima
	Species	Spirulina weissii

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	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Spirulina

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Comments


	Comment:	Note that for bacteria that are not Cyanobacteria (blue-gree algae), there are a large number of old names that have not been validated for use since the 1980 cut-off for nomenclature. Many of these are effectively unidentifiable and cannot be properly placed in synonymy. Such names are not being added to ITIS, but when they already existed in the database, they are being treated as database artifacts and left linked to the kingdom-level name Bacteria. When and if such names are properly placed in the modern literature they can be moved, as needed, in ITIS. Note also that the vast majority of cyanobacterial names, while not validly published under the bacterial Code, may be validly published under the botanical Code, which is the applicable Code of nomenclature for this group. As a review of the nomenclatural validity of cyanobacteria is undertaken these may be treated and placed as appropriate within ITIS

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