Name: Agromyces Gledhill and Casida 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. n. agros, field or soil; Gr. masc. n. mykês, fungus; from Gr. masc. n. mukês -etis, fungus; N.L. masc. n. Agromyces, soil fungus
Type species: Agromyces ramosus Gledhill and Casida 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Gledhill WE, Casida LE. Predominant Catalase-negative Soil Bacteria. III. Agromyces, gen. n., Microorganisms Intermediary to Actinomyces and Nocardia. Appl Microbiol 1969; 18:340-349.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 36
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 37
Total number of child taxa: 40
Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Park YH, Suzuki K, Yim DG, Lee KC, Kim E, Yoon J, Kim S, Kho YH, Goodfellow M, Komagata K. Suprageneric classification of peptidoglycan group B actinomycetes by nucleotide sequencing of 5S ribosomal RNA. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:307-313.
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Record number: 515063