Name: Polyangium minor (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Haploangium minor" Peterson 1959

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: po-ly-an-GI-um MI-nor, neuter

Type strain: Peterson 41; UMH Peterson 41

Effective publication: McCurdy HD. Studies on the taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. II. Polyangium and the demise of the Sporangiaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1970; 20:283-296.

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

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Polyangium minus corrig. (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Polyangium minus corrig. (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    "Haploangium minor" Peterson 1959	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Haploangium minus" corrig. Peterson 1959	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Haploangium minus" (Peterson 1959) Reichenbach 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 In the paper by McCurdy 1970 and in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, the type strain is erroneously cited as UMH Peterson 44. — Garrity GM. Personal communication, 2005-03-01. — 🧍 The strain UMH Peterson 41 is not available from the herbarium at the University of Missouri. — Garrity GM. Personal communication, 2005-03-01.

Parent taxon: Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: McCurdy HD. Studies on the taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. II. Polyangium and the demise of the Sporangiaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1970; 20:283-296.

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