Name: "Chondromyces lichenicolus" Thaxter 1892

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25946; DSM 2275; Windsor M201

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16S rRNA gene: GU207877 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Thaxter R. On the Myxobacteriaceae, a new order of Schizomycetes. Botanical Gazette 1892; 17:389-406.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Melittangium lichenicola (Thaxter 1892) McCurdy 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Melittangium lichenicola (Thaxter 1892) McCurdy 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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".

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

Assigned by: Thaxter R. On the Myxobacteriaceae, a new order of Schizomycetes. Botanical Gazette 1892; 17:389-406.

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Record number: 4317