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Prochlorothrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Prochlorotrichales
Strunecký & Mares [ICNafp]
Family: Prochlorotrichaceae
Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989 [ICNP]
Genus: Prochlorothrix
Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989 [ICNP]
Species:
P. hollandica
Binomial name
Prochlorothrix hollandica
Burger-Wiersma et al. 1989 [ICNP]

Prochlorothrix hollandica is a filamentous, freshwater[1] species of cyanobacteria named under the Bacteriological Code in 1989. It is the only species in genus Prochlorothrix, which is the only species in family Prochlorotrichaceae, which is the only family in order Prochlorotrichales.[2] The lineage produces chlorophyll b. It is found in temperate and subpolar zones, in freshwater and brackish water. The lineage is sister to Synechococcales.[3]

Three full genomes have been sequenced for the type species.[4] Three more genomes representing intrageneric-level divergence are known from metagenomics.[5]

References

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  1. ^ La Roche, J.; van der Staay, G. W.; Partensky, F.; Ducret, A.; Aebersold, R.; Li, R.; Golden, S. S.; Hiller, R. G.; Wrench, P. M.; Larkum, A. W.; Green, B. R. (1996-12-24). "Independent evolution of the prochlorophyte and green plant chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting proteins". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93 (26): 15244–15248. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.26.15244. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 26388. PMID 8986795.
  2. ^ "Genus: Prochlorothrix". lpsn.dsmz.de.
  3. ^ Strunecký, Otakar; Ivanova, Anna Pavlovna; Mareš, Jan (February 2023). "An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis". Journal of Phycology. 59 (1): 12–51. Bibcode:2023JPcgy..59...12S. doi:10.1111/jpy.13304. PMID 36443823.
  4. ^ "Genome". NCBI.
  5. ^ "GTDB - Search: Prochlorothrix". gtdb.ecogenomic.org.