Chondromyces apiculatus Thaxter 1897 (Approved Lists 1980) Reichenbach H. Garrity G.M. Brenner D.J. Krieg N.R. Staley J.T. Genus III. Chondromyces Berkeley and Curtis in Berkeley 1874, 64AL. 2005 2, Part C 2 1121 1129 Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Springer New York 0387241450 Spröer C. Reichenbach H. Stackebrandt E. The correlation between morphological and phylogenetic classification of myxobacteria 1999 49 3 1255 1262 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1255 10425789 Skerman V.B.D. McGowan V. Sneath P.H.A. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980 30 1 225 420 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 According to Lang and Reichenbach, 2013, the original type strain provided by the Approved Lists, TC 4481, is a dead herbarium specimen in the Taxter collection. Due to this fact, Reichenbach designated the type strain Cm a14 (=DSM 14605=JCM 12615) as the type strain in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd edition, vol. 2, and Lang and Reichenbach, 2013 formally proposed the deposits.