Name: "Chondrococcus macrosporus" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.cro’spo.rus. Gr. masc. adj. makros, long, large; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. masc. adj. macrosporus, with large spore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-KRO-spo-rus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Cc m8; CIP 109128; DSM 14697; JCM 12621

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233921 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Krzemieniewska H, Krzemieniewski S. Miksobakterje Polski (Die Myxobakterien von Polen). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 1926; 4:1-54.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Corallococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Reichenbach 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Corallococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Reichenbach 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Myxococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Zahler and McCurdy 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Pseudomyxococcus macrosporus" (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Das et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 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". — 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.

Parent taxon: "Chondrococcus" Jahn 1924

Assigned by: Krzemieniewska H, Krzemieniewski S. Miksobakterje Polski (Die Myxobakterien von Polen). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 1926; 4:1-54.

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Record number: 4319