Name: Myxococcus flavescens Yamanaka et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla.ves’cens. L. part. adj. flavescens, becoming golden yellow, turning light yellow; from L. v. flavesco, to become yellow

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 38; ATCC 51243; CIP 107135; DSM 4946; IAM 13189; JCM 6245; NBRC 100081

16S rRNA gene: AB218220 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yamanaka S, Kawaguchi A, Komagata K. Isolation and identification of myxobacteria from soils and plant materials with special reference to DNA base composition, quinone system, and cellular fatty acid composition, and with a description of a new species, Myxococcus flavescens. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 33:247-265.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 33. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:212.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Lang et al. (2008), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lang E, Kroppenstedt RM, Straubler B, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Myxococcus flavescens Yamanaka et al. 1990VP as a later synonym of Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892AL. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2607-2609.
  • ❗ Myxococcus flavescens 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 Myxococcus.
  • 😷 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 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 On the Validation List no. 33, the type strain JCM 6245 is erroneously cited as JCM 624 (sic). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 33. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:212.

Parent taxon: Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yamanaka S, Kawaguchi A, Komagata K. Isolation and identification of myxobacteria from soils and plant materials with special reference to DNA base composition, quinone system, and cellular fatty acid composition, and with a description of a new species, Myxococcus flavescens. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 33:247-265.

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