Name: "Chondromyces robustus" Sproeer et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.bus’tus. L. masc. adj. robustus, of oak

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 109124; Cm a13; DSM 14608; JCM 12619

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233942 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sproer C, Reichenbach H, Stackebrandt E. The correlation between morphological and phylogenetic classification of myxobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1255-1262.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Chondromyces robustus Reichenbach 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chondromyces robustus Reichenbach 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 Regarded as not validly published. While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

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

Assigned by: Sproer C, Reichenbach H, Stackebrandt E. The correlation between morphological and phylogenetic classification of myxobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1255-1262.

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Record number: 34839