Name: Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: cru.en’ta. L. fem. adj. cruenta, blood-red

Gender: feminine

Type strain: By c2; CIP 108850; DSM 14553; JCM 12614

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16S rRNA gene: AJ833647 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Reichenbach H, Lang E, Schumann P, Sproer C. Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of 'Myxococcus cruentus' Thaxter 1897. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2357-2363.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Byssophaga cruenta" (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Byssovorax Reichenbach 2006. Publication: Reichenbach H, Lang E, Schumann P, Sproer C. Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of 'Myxococcus cruentus' Thaxter 1897. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2357-2363.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Reichenbach) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Reichenbach et al.).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2006 was previously known as "Myxococcus cruentus" Thaxter 1897 [1], or as "Byssophaga cruenta" (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach 2005 [2]. Publication: Thaxter R. Further observations on the Myxobacteriaceae. Bot. Gaz. 1897; 23:395-411.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Reichenbach H. Genus II. Byssophaga gen. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1118-1121.

Parent taxon: Byssovorax Reichenbach 2006

Assigned by: Reichenbach H, Lang E, Schumann P, Sproer C. Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of 'Myxococcus cruentus' Thaxter 1897. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2357-2363.

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