An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis

Cyanobacterial taxonomy is facing a period of rapid changes thanks to the ease of 16S rRNA gene sequencing and established workflows for description of new taxa. Since the last comprehensive review of the cyanobacterial system in 2014 until 2021, at least 273 species in 140 genera were newly described. These taxa were mainly placed into previously defined orders and families although several new families were proposed. However, the classification of most taxa still relied on hierarchical relationships inherited from the classical morphological taxonomy. Similarly, the obviously polyphyletic orders such as Synechococcales and Oscillatoriales were left unchanged. In this study, the rising number of genomic…

• MŠ
  Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy

  Awards: CENAKVA (LM2018099), LM2018099
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  Grantová Agentura České Republiky

  Award: 22‐06374S