Name: "Pseudomyxococcus virescens" (Thaxter 1892) Das et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: vi.res’cens. L. masc. part. adj. virescens, becoming green

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-RES-kens, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25203; CECT 4290; DSM 2260; M22; NBRC 100334; NCIMB 13350

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16S rRNA gene: AB218225 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: Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Myxococcus flavescens Yamanaka et al. 1990	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Lang et al. (2008), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Myxococcus flavescens Yamanaka et al. 1990. Publication: Lang E, Kroppenstedt RM, Straubler B, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Myxococcus flavescens Yamanaka et al. 1990VP as a later synonym of Myxococcus virescens Thaxter 1892AL. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2607-2609. 🇩🇪

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: 65649