Name: Chondromyces apiculatus Thaxter 1897 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.pi.cu.la.tus. L. masc. n. apex (gen. apicis), the extreme end of a thing, a projecting point or summit; N.L. masc. adj. apiculatus, pointed, with a tip or tail

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14605; JCM 12615; TC 4481

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233938 Analyse FASTA

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type. Strain designation appears to refer to herbarium material.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 Original strain designation appears to refer to herbarium material. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 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.

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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Record number: 774672