Genus Byssovorax
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Byssovorax Reichenbach 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006.
Etymology: Gr. n. byssos, cotton, fine linen (for cellulose); L. adj. vorax, voracious, devouring; N.L. fem. n. Byssovorax, devourer of cellulose.
Valid publication: REICHENBACH (H.), LANG (E.), SCHUMANN (P.) and SPRÖER (C.): Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of 'Myxococcus cruentus' Thaxter 1897. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2357-2363.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Byssovorax Reichenbach 2006 was previously known as Byssophaga Reichenbach 2005 [REICHENBACH (H.): Genus II. Byssophaga gen. nov. In: D.J. BRENNER, N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY and G. M. GARRITY (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, pp. 1118-1121.]
Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006, sp. nov., nom. rev. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) By c2 = CIP 108850 = DSM 14553 = JCM 12614.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ833647.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. cruenta, blood-red.
Valid publication: REICHENBACH (H.), LANG (E.), SCHUMANN (P.) and SPRÖER (C.): Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of 'Myxococcus cruentus' Thaxter 1897. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2357-2363.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006 was previously known as "Myxococcus cruentus" Thaxter 1897 [1], or as "Byssophaga cruenta" (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2005 [2].
References:
1 THAXTER (R.): Further observations on the Myxobacteriaceae. Bot. Gaz., 1897, 23, 395-411.
2 REICHENBACH (H.): Genus II. Byssophaga gen. nov. In: D.J. BRENNER, N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY and G. M. GARRITY (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, pp. 1118-1121.