Name: Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006

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

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ833647 Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Byssophaga cruenta" (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Byssovorax 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.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Reichenbach) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Reichenbach et al.).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006 was previously known as "Myxococcus cruentus" Thaxter 1897 [1], or as "Byssophaga cruenta" (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2005 [2]. Publication: Thaxter R. Further observations on the Myxobacteriaceae. Bot. Gaz. 1897; 23:395-411.
  • 🧍 See also: 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.

Parent taxon: Byssovorax Reichenbach 2006

Assigned by: 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.

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