Name: Pyxidicoccus fallax corrig. Reichenbach 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fal’lax. L. adj. fallax, deceptive

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 109125; DSM 14698; JCM 12639; Py f1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ768123 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reichenbach H. Genus III. Pyxicoccus gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1083-1084.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pyxicoccus fallax Reichenbach 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pyxidicoccus corrig. Reichenbach 2007. Publication: Reichenbach H. Genus III. Pyxicoccus gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1083-1084.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The original name, Pyxicoccus (sic) fallax, has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. — 🧍 The type strain CIP 109125 has been provided on request for validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Parent taxon: Pyxidicoccus corrig. Reichenbach 2007

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Genus III. Pyxicoccus gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1083-1084.

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