Melittangium boletus Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) Reichenbach H. Garrity G.M. Brenner D.J. Krieg N.R. Staley J.T. Genus IV. Melittangium 2005 2, Part C 2 1101 1104 Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Springer New York 0387241450 Lang E. Spröer C. Replacement of ATCC 25944T, the current type strain of Melittangium lichenicola, with ATCC 25946. Request for an opinion. 2008 58 12 2991 2992 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.2008/002311-0 19060095 There was no type strain provided for Melittangium boletus in the Approved Lists. Due to this fact, Reichenbach designated the type strain Me b8 (=DSM 14713=JCM 12633) as the type strain in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd edition, vol. 2, and Lang and Reichenbach, 2013 formally proposed the deposits.