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Prochlorococcus  Chisholm, Frankel, Goericke, Olson, Palenik, Waterbury, West-Johnsrud & Zettler ex Komárek et al.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 610076

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Bacteria  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomBacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002 – bactéries, bacteria, bacterias, bactérias  
    SubkingdomNegibacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002  
       PhylumCyanobacteriota Oren, Mares & Rippka  
          ClassCyanophyceae Schaffner – cyanophytes, blue-green algae  
             OrderSynechococcales Hoffmann, Komárek & Kastovský  
                FamilyProchlorococcaceae Komárek & Strunecký  
                   GenusProchlorococcus Chisholm, Frankel, Goericke, Olson, Palenik, Waterbury, West-Johnsrud & Zettler ex Komárek et al.  
    Direct Children:  
                      Species Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm, Frankel, Goericke, Olson, Palenik, Waterbury, West-Johnsrud & Zettler ex Komárek et al.  
       

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  Source: Cyanobacteria of the World (2024), database (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Update prepared for ITIS by Dail Laughinghouse, Forrest Leffler, and David Berthold (University of Florida); derived from CyanoSeq with additional reference to CyanoDB, Algaebase, and literature   
  Reference for: Prochlorococcus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chisholm, S. W., S. L. Frankel, R. Goericke, R. J. Olsen, B. Palenik, J. B. Waterbury, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title: Prochlorococcus marinus nov. gen. nov. sp.: an oxyphototrophic marine prokaryote containing divinyl chlorophyll a and b   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Archives in Microbiology, vol. 157   
  Page(s): 297-300   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0302-8933   
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  Reference for: Prochlorococcus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Partensky, F., W. R. Hess, and D. Vaulot  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Prochlorococcus, a Marine Photosynthetic Prokaryote of Global Significance   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, vol. 63, no. 1   
  Page(s): 106-127   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1092-2172   
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  Reference for: Prochlorococcus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Weiss, Norbert, ed.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Validation List no. 79: Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside of the IJSEM   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, vol. 51, no. 2   
  Page(s): 263-265   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1466-5026   
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  Reference for: Prochlorococcus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The Genus was validated in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology: Validation List no. 79 but the higher classification (Family, Order, etc...) was not validated at the time  
 

 

    

 
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