Name: Myxococcus qinghaiensis Wang et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: qing.hai.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. qinghaiensis, referring to Qinghai, a province of north-west China, where the soil sample containing the type strain was collected

Pronunciation, gender: qin͡g-hai-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.2316; JCM 39262; QH3KD-4-1

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16S rRNA gene: OM049399 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wang C, Lv Y, Zhou L, Zhang Y, Yao Q, Zhu H. Comparative genomics of Myxococcus and Pyxidicoccus, including the description of four novel species: Myxococcus guangdongensis sp. nov., Myxococcus qinghaiensis sp. nov., Myxococcus dinghuensis sp. nov., and Pyxidicoccus xibeiensis sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:995049. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wang C, Lv Y, Zhou L, Zhang Y, Yao Q, Zhu H. Comparative genomics of Myxococcus and Pyxidicoccus, including the description of four novel species: Myxococcus guangdongensis sp. nov., Myxococcus qinghaiensis sp. nov., Myxococcus dinghuensis sp. nov., and Pyxidicoccus xibeiensis sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:995049. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 37302