Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			R. Rippka & G. Cohen-Bazire, 1983, nom. prok. nov., nom. praeinit.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling	:			Rippka, R. & Cohen-Bazire, G. 1983. Ann. Microbiol. (Inst. Pasteur) 134 (1, suppl. B): 32.
Original use as a prokaryotic name	:			op. cit.: 25 ("Bacteriological Code").

Attributes

Prokaryotic name, by original use (: nom. prok. nov.) [ICNB/ICNP (>1947)]				Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 3 Dec 2025.
Prokaryotic name (: nom. prok.) [ICNB/ICNP]				Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [3 Dec 2025].
Effectively, but not validly, published name (nom. inval.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 25, App. 7 (IJSEM)]				Ref: G.M. Garrity et al. 2007. Taxon. Outl. Bacteria Archaea (v. 7.7, pt. 2): 44.
Pre-starting-point name (nom. inval.[: praeinit.]) [ICSB, 2000: Minute 7(3) (Cyanobacteria(ICNP), <1999)]				Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 3 Dec 2025.
Validly published name under the IC[B]N [ICNP, 2022: Gen. Consid. 5, Rule 30 (Cyanobacteria; >2020)]				Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [3 Dec 2025]. [false (3 Dec 2025)].

Type specimens

Type strain: PCC 6307

Ref: R. Rippka & G. Cohen-Bazire, 1983. Ann. Microbiol. (Inst. Pasteur) 134 (1, suppl. B): 31-32. [new]

Types

Type of

:

Cyanobium (Genus) Rippka and Cohen-Bazire 1983 nom. inval.

Ref: R. Rippka & G. Cohen-Bazire, 1983: 32. [new]

Variants

Name in subsequent code of nomenclature

:

Cyanobium gracile Rippka & Cohen-Baz. (1983), nom. inval.

Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<3 Dec 2025].