Name: Chondromyces Berkeley and Curtis 1874 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chon.dro’my.ces. Gr. masc. n. chondros, cartilage; Gr. masc. n. mykês, mushroom or other fungus; N.L. masc. n. Chondromyces, cartilaginous fungus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Chondromycet-), k^hon-DRO-my-kes

Type species: Chondromyces crocatus Berkeley and Curtis 1874 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Berkeley MJ. Notices of the North American Fungi. Grevillea 1874; 3:49-64.

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the family "Myxobacteriaceae". Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chandromyces"; "Chondroinyces"; "Chondromgces"; "Chondromices"; "Chondromycca"; "Chondromyccs"; "Chondromynes"; "Chondrornyces"; "Ckondromyces"; "Cliondromyces".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Berkeley and Curtis) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Berkeley).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; JCM: 6; CIP: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CNMY" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chondromyces apiculatus Thaxter 1897 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chondromyces brunneus" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1946	not validly published	preferred name
    Chondromyces catenulatus Thaxter 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chondromyces crocatus Berkeley and Curtis 1874 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chondromyces lanuginosus Kofler 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chondromyces lichenicolus" Thaxter 1892	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Chondromyces pediculatus Thaxter 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chondromyces robustus" Sproeer et al. 1999	not validly published	synonym
    Chondromyces robustus Reichenbach 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Polyangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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