Name: Cystobacter minor corrig. (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Polyangium minus" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926

Etymology: mi’nor. L. comp. masc. adj. minor, sic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Cb m2; DSM 14751; JCM 12627; Windsor M-307

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233903 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: McCurdy HD. Studies on the taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. II. Polyangium and the demise of the Sporangiaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1970; 20:283-296.

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: synonym

Correct name: Archangium minus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Lang et al. 2015

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Polyangium minus" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Archangium minus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Lang et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cystobacter minus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cystobacter minor is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cystobacter.
  • 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2022-09-22.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Cystobacter Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: McCurdy HD. Studies on the taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. II. Polyangium and the demise of the Sporangiaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1970; 20:283-296.

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Record number: 30058