Name: Corallococcus coralloides (Thaxter 1892) Reichenbach 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Myxococcus coralloides Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. korallion, coral; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. adj. coralloides, coral-shaped

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25202; DSM 2259; M2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ811588 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reichenbach H. Genus II. Corallococcus gen. nov. (Chondrococcus Jahn 1924, 85). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1079-1082.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Chondrococcus coralloides" (Thaxter 1892) Jahn 1924	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Myxococcus coralloides Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Corallococcus Reichenbach 2007. Publication: Reichenbach H. Genus II. Corallococcus gen. nov. (Chondrococcus Jahn 1924, 85). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1079-1082.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Corallococcus Reichenbach 2007

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Genus II. Corallococcus gen. nov. (Chondrococcus Jahn 1924, 85). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1079-1082.

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