Name: Simulacricoccus ruber Garcia and Müller 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’ber. L. masc. adj. ruber, red, referring to red colour of the vegetative cells and myxospores

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 106554; MCy10636; NCCB 100651

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16S rRNA gene: MH094235 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Garcia R, Muller R. Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming soil myxobacterium and emended description of the family Myxococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3101-3110.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Simulacricoccus Garcia and Müller 2018. Publication: Garcia R, Muller R. Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming soil myxobacterium and emended description of the family Myxococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3101-3110.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Simulacricoccus Garcia and Müller 2018

Assigned by: Garcia R, Muller R. Simulacricoccus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant, non-fruiting, myxospore-forming soil myxobacterium and emended description of the family Myxococcaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3101-3110.

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Record number: 797889