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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose

Gender: neuter

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

See detailed strain information 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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