ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy
Acquired:
2014-01-10
Notes:
M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2014. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall
Reference for:
Cyanobacteria
Publication(s):
Cyanobacteria: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cyanobacteria: Comments
Comment:
Cyanobacteria are now considered to be bacteria, but their nomenclature has traditionally been treated under the 'botanical' Code of nomenclature, rather than under the separate bacterial Code (see Preamble item 8 of http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=pre&emph=cyanobacteria). However, there are also indications that recently the 'bacteriological' Code has begun to ALSO cover the cyanobacteria (see 'General Consideration 5' at http://www.bacterio.net/-code.html ). In any case, there are only a handful of cyanobacterial names that have any formal standing under the 'bacteriological' Code. Further work will be required before ITIS can consider this group complete