Name: "Myxococcus pelomyxae" Keller 1949

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.lo.my’xae. N.L. gen. fem. n. pelomyxae, of Pelomyxa, a genus of amoebae, referring to the host

Gender: masculine

Original publication: Keller H. Studies on the Intracellular Bacteria of Pelomyxa palustris Greeff(in German). Ztschr. f. Naturforsch. 1949; 4b:293-297.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Keller H. Studies on the Intracellular Bacteria of Pelomyxa palustris Greeff(in German). Ztschr. f. Naturforsch. 1949; 4b:293-297.

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Record number: 68872
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