Name: Melittangium boletus Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.le’tus. L. masc. n. boletus, a kind of mushroom (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-litt-an-GI-um bo-LE-tus, neuter

Type strain: DSM 14713; JCM 12633; not available originally

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233908 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jahn E. Beiträge zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.

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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Melittangium Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Jahn E. Beiträge zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.
  • 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with Cystobacter, and may be reclassified ". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 In accordance with Rule 18f of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria, strain Me b8 (DSM 14713 JCM 12633) has been designated as the type strain of Melittangium boletus 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: Melittangium Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jahn E. Beiträge zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.

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