Name: Chondromyces crocatus Berkeley and Curtis 1874 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cro.ca’tus. L. masc./fem. n. crocus, saffron (or crocum); L. masc. adj. suff. -atus, suffix denoting provided with; L. masc. part. adj. crocatus, saffron-colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kro-KA-tus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 14714; JCM 12616; TC 601

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU207874 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Berkeley MJ. Notices of the North American Fungi. Grevillea 1874; 3:49-64.

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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chondromyces Berkeley and Curtis 1874 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Berkeley MJ. Notices of the North American Fungi. Grevillea 1874; 3:49-64.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Berkeley and Curtis) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Berkeley).
  • 😷 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. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 34 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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 c5 (DSM 14714 JCM 12616) has been designated as the type strain of Chondromyces crocatus 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: Berkeley MJ. Notices of the North American Fungi. Grevillea 1874; 3:49-64.

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