Species Polyangium cellulosum

Name: Polyangium cellulosum (ex Imshenetski and Solntseva 1936) Brockman 1989

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo’sum. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: po-ly-an-GI-um kel-lu-LO-sum, neuter

Type strain: CIP 109122; description in Brockman 1989; DSM 14627; JCM 12707; So ce1871

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ457641 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brockman ER. Genus I. Polyangium Link 1809, 42AL. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2159-2162.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sorangium cellulosum (Brockman 1989 ex Imshenetski and Solntseva 1936) Reichenbach 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sorangium cellulosum (Brockman 1989 ex Imshenetski and Solntseva 1936) Reichenbach 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Polyangium cellulosum 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 Polyangium.
  • 😷 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 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 12 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Brockman 1989, four reference strains are given: ATCC 15384, ATCC 25531, ATCC 25532, and ATCC 25569. However no type strain is designated. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brockman ER. Genus I. Polyangium Link 1809, 42AL. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2159-2162.

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