Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.3713

Name

Melittangium lichenicola (Thaxter 1892) McCurdy 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Melittangium Jahn 1924 emend. McCurdy 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Strain

representative organism

Windsor M201^T (=NBRC 100091 =ATCC 25946 =DSM 14877)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021
class Myxococcia Waite et al. 2020
order Myxococcales Tchan et al. 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Waite et al. 2020
family Archangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Lang et al. 2015
genus Melittangium Jahn 1924 emend. McCurdy 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
species Melittangium lichenicola (Thaxter 1892) McCurdy 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.3713	M155 (=DSM 2275 =ATCC 25944)

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Melittangium lichenicola (Thaxter 1892) McCurdy 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.3713.

Source File

10.1601/tx.3713.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 29, 2020.

References

McCurdy HD. Studies on the taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. IV. Melittangium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:50-54. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-1-50.