Name: Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis Chambers et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: llan.fairpwll.gwyn.gyll.go.ge.rych.wyrn.drobwll.llan.ty.si.li.o.go.go.go.chen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis, pertaining to llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, reflecting its isolation from soil collected in that parish [gridref 53.22 °N 4.19 °W]

Pronunciation, gender: llan-fairpwll-gwyn-gyll-go-ge-ryk^h-wyrn-drobwll-llan-ty-si-li-o-go-go-go-K^HEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: AM401; NBRC 114351; NCCB 100770

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Chambers J, Sparks N, Sydney N, Livingstone PG, Cookson AR, Whitworth DE. Corrigendum to "Comparative genomics and pan-genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a description of five novel species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov. and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov." [Genome Biol. Evol. 12(12) (2020) 2289-2302]. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 201. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4943.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 See also Chambers et al. (2020). Publication: Chambers J, Sparks N, Sydney N, Livingstone PG, Cookson AR, Whitworth DE. Comparative Genomics and Pan-Genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a Description of Five Novel Species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov., and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:2289-2302.

Parent taxon: Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Chambers J, Sparks N, Sydney N, Livingstone PG, Cookson AR, Whitworth DE. Corrigendum to "Comparative genomics and pan-genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a description of five novel species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov. and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov." [Genome Biol. Evol. 12(12) (2020) 2289-2302]. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:0.

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