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Name: Byssovorax Reichenbach 2006
Etymology: Bys.so’vo.rax. Gr. fem. n. byssos, cotton, fine linen (for cellulose); L. adj. vorax, voracious, devouring; N.L. fem. n. Byssovorax, devourer of cellulose
Gender: feminine (stem: Byssovorac-)
Type species: Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006
Valid publication:
Reichenbach H, Lang E, Schumann P, Sproer 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.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Byssophaga" Reichenbach 2005 | homotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Polyangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Reichenbach H, Lang E, Schumann P, Sproer 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.
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Record number: 517398