Melittangium

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Melittangium

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Melittangium Jahn 1924, genus.
Type species: ¤ Melittangium boletus Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. melitta, bee; Gr. neut. n. angeion (Latin transliteration angium), vessel; N.L. neut. n. Melittangium, a vessel resembling a honeycomb.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [JAHN (E.): Beitrage zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.]

Melittangium alboraceum (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1971, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain UMH Slides Peterson 72.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not found.
Synonym: "Podangium alboraceum" Peterson 1959.
Etymology: L. adj. albus, white L. masc. n. racemus, the stalk of a cluster of grapes and similar plants; N.L. neut. adj. alboraceum, with a white stalk.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [1 PETERSON (J.E.): New species of myxobacter from the bark of living trees. Mycologia, 1959, 51, 163-172. 2 McCURDY (H.D.): Studies on the taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. IV. Melittangium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1971, 21, 50-54.]

Melittangium boletus Jahn 1924, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): not available.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not available.
Etymology: L. masc. n. boletus, a kind of mushroom.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [JAHN (E.): Beitrage zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.]

Melittangium lichenicola (Thaxter 1892) McCurdy 1971, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 25944.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ768126.
Synonyms: "Chondromyces lichenicolus" Thaxter 1892, "Chondromyces gracilipes" Thaxter 1897, "Podangium lichenicolum" (Thaxter 1892) Jahn 1924, "Podangium gracilipes" (Thaxter 1897) Jahn 1924, "Chondromyces minor" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1930.
Etymology: L. n. lichen, lichen; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. lichenicola, inhabitant of lichens.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [1 THAXTER (R.): On the Myxobacteriaceae, a new order of Schizomycetes. Botanical Gazette, 1892, 17, 389-406. 2 McCURDY (H.D.): Studies on the taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. IV. Melittangium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1971, 21, 50-54.]

Notes:
1 In 1971, McCurdy cited Acc Nos 4500 and 5170, Thaxter Collection, Farlow Herbarium as the type material of Melittangium lichenicola [1]. However, in 1980, the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names [2] cited the strain ATCC 25944 (also known as M155 = DSM 2275) as the type strain. The ATCC Website [3] also cites ATCC 25944 as the type of this taxon.
2 According to the DSMZ Website [4], the strain M155 = ATCC 25944 = DSM 2275 is most probably a strain of "Corallococcus sp.".
3 According to the DSMZ [4] and to Spröer et al.[5], the strain M201 = ATCC 25946 = DSM 14877 = NBRC 100091 is the neotype of Melittangium lichenicola. However, any neotype strain has been proposed in the IJSB/IJSEM (see, Rule 18c)!
4 According to Lang and Spröer 2009 [6], the strain ATCC 25944 and its derivative DSM 2275 are not members of the genus Melittangium but of the Myxococcus–Corallococcus clade. Since the morphology of strain ATCC 25496 is characteristic for Melittangium lichenicola and the rRNA gene sequences represented by GenBank accession numbers AM930269 and AM930267 cluster with other sequences derived from Melittangium strains, it is inferred that these sequences are the correct ones for ATCC 25946 and that strain ATCC 25946 (= DSM 14877) is a representative of the species Melittangium lichenicola. For these reasons, Lang and Spröer 2009 [6] request an Opinion to the effect that ATCC 25944 be rejected as the type strain of Melittangium lichenicola and be replaced by strain ATCC 25946 (= DSM 14877), which was suggested as a reference strain for this species by McCurdy 1971[1]. Opinion pending.
References:
1 McCURDY (H.D.): Studies on the taxonomy of the Myxobacterales. IV. Melittangium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1971, 21, 50-54.
Original article in IJSEM Online
2 SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
3 ATCC Number 25944 in ATCC.
4 DSM 2275 - Melittangium lichenicola (Bacteria) and DSM 14877 -Melittangium lichenicola in DSMZ Microorganisms.
5 SPRÖER (C.), REICHENBACH (H.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): The correlation between morphological and phylogenetic classification of myxobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1255-1262.
Original article in IJSEM Online
6 LANG (E.) and SPRÖER (C.): Replacement of ATCC 25944[T], the current type strain of Melittangium lichenicola, with ATCC 25946. Request for an Opinion. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2991-2992.
Original article in IJSEM Online