Name: Archangium violaceum (Reichenbach 2007 ex Kühlwein and Gallwitz 1958) Lang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov., nom. rev.

Basonym: Cystobacter violaceus (ex Kühlwein and Gallwitz 1958) Reichenbach 2007

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.um. L. neut. adj. violaceum, violet-coloured

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Cb vi61; CIP 109131; DSM 14727; JCM 12629

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ768114 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lang E, Schumann P, Tindall BJ, Mohr KI, Sproer C. Reclassification of Angiococcus disciformis, Cystobacter minus and Cystobacter violaceus as Archangium disciforme comb. nov., Archangium minus comb. nov. and Archangium violaceum comb. nov., unification of the families Archangiaceae and Cystobacteraceae, and emended descriptions of the families Myxococcaceae and Archangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4032-4042.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cystobacter violaceus (ex Kühlwein and Gallwitz 1958) Reichenbach 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Archangium Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lang E, Schumann P, Tindall BJ, Mohr KI, Sproer C. Reclassification of Angiococcus disciformis, Cystobacter minus and Cystobacter violaceus as Archangium disciforme comb. nov., Archangium minus comb. nov. and Archangium violaceum comb. nov., unification of the families Archangiaceae and Cystobacteraceae, and emended descriptions of the families Myxococcaceae and Archangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4032-4042.

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Record number: 786218