Chlorobiales

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Order Chlorobiales

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Chlorobiales Gibbons and Murray 1978, ordo. (Type order of the class ¤ Chlorobea Cavalier-Smith 2002).
Type genus: ¤ Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Chlorobium, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending denoting an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Chlorobiales, the Chlorobium order.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [GIBBONS (N.E.) and MURRAY (R.G.E.): Proposals concerning the higher taxa of bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1978, 28, 1-6.]