Name: Angiococcus disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Hook et al. 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Myxococcus disciformis Thaxter 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: dis.ci.for’mis. Gr. masc. n. diskos, anything quoit-shaped, a disk; L. adj. suff. -formis -is -e, -like, in the shape of; N.L. masc. adj. disciformis, disk-shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: an-gi-o-KOK-kus dis-ki-FOR-mis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33172; CMU 1; DSM 52716

16S rRNA gene: GU207873 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hook LA, Larkin JM, Brockman ER. Isolation, characterization, and emendation of description of Angiococcus disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Jahn 1924 and proposal of a neotype strain. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:135-142.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Archangium disciforme (Thaxter 1904) Lang et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Archangium disciforme (Thaxter 1904) Lang et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Myxococcus disciformis Thaxter 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Cystobacter disciformis" (Thaxter 1904) Reichenbach 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Angiococcus (ex Jahn 1924) Hook et al. 1980. Publication: Hook LA, Larkin JM, Brockman ER. Isolation, characterization, and emendation of description of Angiococcus disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Jahn 1924 and proposal of a neotype strain. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:135-142.
  • ❗ Angiococcus disciformis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Angiococcus.
  • 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Angiococcus (ex Jahn 1924) Hook et al. 1980

Assigned by: Hook LA, Larkin JM, Brockman ER. Isolation, characterization, and emendation of description of Angiococcus disciformis (Thaxter 1904) Jahn 1924 and proposal of a neotype strain. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:135-142.

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