Name: "Byssophaga cruenta" (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2005

Category: Species

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

Etymology: cru.en’ta. L. fem. adj. cruenta, blood-red

Gender: feminine

Type strain: By c2; CIP 108850; DSM 14553; JCM 12614

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16S rRNA gene: AJ833647 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Reichenbach H. Genus II. Byssophaga gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1118-1121.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Byssophaga" Reichenbach 2005. Publication: Reichenbach H. Genus II. Byssophaga gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1118-1121.
  • 🧍 Byssophaga cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach would not be in accordance with the rules of the ICNP because of precedence of the zoological genus Byssophaga Stretch 1872, Arctiidae, Lepidoptera. Byssophaga cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach is now known as Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006. Publication: Reichenbach H, Lang E, Schumann P, Sproer C. Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of 'Myxococcus cruentus' Thaxter 1897. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2357-2363.

Parent taxon: "Byssophaga" Reichenbach 2005

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Genus II. Byssophaga gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1118-1121.

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