Name: Chondromyces apiculatus Thaxter 1897 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. n. apex -icis, the extreme end of a thing, a projecting point or summit; N.L. masc. adj. apiculatus, pointed, with a tip or tail

Type strains: DSM 14605; TC 4481

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16S rRNA gene accession number: AJ233938

Effective publication: Thaxter R. Further observations on the Myxobacteriaceae. Botanical Gazette 1897; 23:395-411.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • In accordance with Rule 18f of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria, strain Cm a14 ( DSM 14605 JCM 12615) has been designated as the type strain of Chondromyces apiculatus by Lang and Reichenbach (2013); these authors also provided the 16S rRNA gene sequence accession number given above. Publication: Lang E, Reichenbach H. Designation of type strains for seven species of the order Myxococcales and proposal for neotype strains of Cystobacter ferrugineus, Cystobacter minus and Polyangium fumosum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4354-4360.
  • Original strain designation appears to refer to herbarium material.

Parent taxon: Chondromyces Berkeley and Curtis 1874 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Thaxter R. Further observations on the Myxobacteriaceae. Botanical Gazette 1897; 23:395-411.

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