Aliinostoc bakau Merican, Rahim, Broady, Convey & Muangmai, 2024

Merican, Faradina & School, Narongrit Muangmai, 2024, Validation of the designation Aliinostoc bakau Merican & al. (Nodulariaceae, Cyanobacteria), Notulae Algarum 312, pp. 1-2 : 1

Aliinostoc bakau Merican, Rahim, Broady, Convey & Muangmai , sp. nov.

Replaced designation: “ Aliinostoc bakau ” In, Merican & al. Diversity 16(1): 5, pl. 2: figs 1A–1E, 2023, nom. inval.

Description and illustrations: Merican & al. (2023: 5, pl. 2: figs 1A–1E).

Holotype: Strain USMNA, collected by M. Faradina & A.R. Nur Afiqah. Material in a metabolically inactive state is preserved at the School of Biological Sciences Herbarium, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia,

Isotype: similarly preserved material at the Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Thailand .

Type locality: Malaysia: Penang, 5°18'23.3" N, 100°1202.4" E. A microbial mat sample was collected from a rotting tree trunk in the intertidal zone of an estuarine mangrove area in Kampung Pulau Betung , Penang.

Phycobank registration: http://phycobank.org/104267

Etymology: the epithet “ bakau ” is derived from a Malay word for a mangrove, referring to the origin of the strain from the mangrove environment. It is a noun in apposition and thus nondeclinable.