Name: "Myxomicrobium" Castellani 1964

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.xo.mi.cro.bi.um. N.L. neut. n. Myxomicrobium, Indicates its production of slime.

Gender: neuter (stem: Myxomicrobi-)

Type species: "Myxomicrobium multiplex" Castellani 1964

Original publication: Castellani A. A pleomorphic slime organism associated with ulcerative dermatosis of the leg. Lancet 1964; 284:72-73.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Iyxomicrobium".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MXMB" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Myxomicrobium multiplex" Castellani 1964	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: [Myxococcales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 8095