Name: Chondromyces lanuginosus Kofler 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. lanuginosus, downy, wooly

Type strains: DSM 14631; TC 4494

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16S rRNA gene accession number: AJ233939

Effective publication: Kofler L. Die Myxobacterien der Umgebung von Wien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Abteilung I 1913; 122:845-876.

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 Sy t2 ( DSM 14631 JCM 12617) has been designated as the type strain of Chondromyces lanuginosus 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: Kofler L. Die Myxobacterien der Umgebung von Wien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Abteilung I 1913; 122:845-876.

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