Name: Polyangium fumosum Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1930 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fu.mo.sum. L. neut. adj. fumosum, full of smoke, smoky

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 14668; JCM 12636; Pl fu5; Windsor M257

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU207879 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Krzemieniewska H, Krzemieniewski S. Miksobakterje Polski. (Czesc Trzecia) (Die myxobacterien von Polen. III Teil). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 1930; 7:250-573.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type. Strain designation appears to refer to herbarium material.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.

Parent taxon: Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Krzemieniewska H, Krzemieniewski S. Miksobakterje Polski. (Czesc Trzecia) (Die myxobacterien von Polen. III Teil). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 1930; 7:250-573.

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Record number: 779724