Name: Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.xo.coc.cus. Gr. fem. n. myxa, mucus, slime; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Myxococcus, slime coccus

Gender: masculine (stem: Myxococc-)

Type species: Myxococcus fulvus (Cohn 1875) Jahn 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thaxter R. On the Myxobacteriaceae, a new order of Schizomycetes. Botanical Gazette 1892; 17:389-406.

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Lang and Stackebrandt 2009 Lang E, Stackebrandt E. Emended descriptions of the genera Myxococcus and Corallococcus, typification of the species Myxococcus stipitatus and Myxococcus macrosporus and a proposal that they be represented by neotype strains. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2122-2128. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Class IV. Deltaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 922.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Myxococcaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Jahn E. Beitrage zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tchan YT, Pochon J, Prévot AR. Etude de systématique bactérienne. VIII. Essai de classification des Cytophaga. Annales de l’lnstitut Pasteur (Paris) 1948; 74:394-400.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Thiobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Tchan et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the order Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tchan YT, Pochon J, Prévot AR. Etude de systématique bactérienne. VIII. Essai de classification des Cytophaga. Annales de l’lnstitut Pasteur (Paris) 1948; 74:394-400.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bacterien. II. Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1875; 1:141-207.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Alyxococcus"; "Ayxococcus"; "Jlfyxococcus"; "Jlyxococcus"; "Mfyxococcus"; "Miyxococcus"; "Mjxococcus"; "Mrxococcus"; "Mvxococcus"; "Mxyococcus"; "Mycoxoccus"; "Mytcococcus"; "Myxacoccus"; "Myxccoccus"; "Myxecoccus"; "Myxocaccus"; "Myxoccoccus"; "Myxoccus"; "Myxococceus"; "Myxococciis"; "Myxococeus"; "Myxococvus"; "Myxocoeeus"; "Myxocoxccus"; "Myxoeccus"; "Myxoeoccus"; "Myxoococcus"; "Myxoroccus"; "Myxovorcus"; "Myxucoocus"; "Niyxococcus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Chambers et al. (2021). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; NBRC: 7; ATCC: 6; JCM: 6; NCCB: 3; CIP: 3; NCIMB: 2; IFO: 1; CCUG: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MXCO" 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.
  • 🧍 See also Zahler and McCurdy (1974). Publication: Zahler SA, McCurdy H. Family 1. Myxococcaceae, Jahn 1924, 84. In: R.e. Buchanan NEG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th Edt., The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1974, p. 79-83.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Myxococcus coralloides Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Myxococcus dinghuensis Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Myxococcus disciformis Thaxter 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Myxococcus eversor Chambers et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Myxococcus flavescens Yamanaka et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Myxococcus fulvus (Cohn 1875) Jahn 1911 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Myxococcus guangdongensis Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Myxococcus hansupus" Sharma et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis Chambers et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Myxococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Zahler and McCurdy 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Myxococcus qinghaiensis Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Myxococcus stipitatus Thaxter 1897 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Myxococcus vastator Chambers et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Myxococcus xanthus Beebe 1941 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Myxococcaceae 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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