Name: "Pseudomyxococcus macrosporus" (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Das et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Chondrococcus macrosporus" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926

Etymology: ma.cro’spo.rus. Gr. masc. adj. makros, long, large; Gr. masc. n. sporos, seed; N.L. masc. adj. macrosporus, with large spores

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-KRO-spo-rus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Cc m8; CIP 109128; DSM 14697; JCM 12621

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ233921 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Das J, Pal S, Negi A, Sundharam SS, Yadav A, Subramanian S, Sinha SK, Samanta J, Krishnamurthi S. Genomic insights into novel predatory myxobacteria isolated from human feces. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0214724. 🇮🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Corallococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Reichenbach 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Corallococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Reichenbach 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Myxococcus macrosporus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Zahler and McCurdy 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Chondrococcus macrosporus" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Parent taxon: "Pseudomyxococcus" Das et al. 2025

Assigned by: Das J, Pal S, Negi A, Sundharam SS, Yadav A, Subramanian S, Sinha SK, Samanta J, Krishnamurthi S. Genomic insights into novel predatory myxobacteria isolated from human feces. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0214724. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 65647