J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Family Myxococcaceae
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Classification - List of genera included in the family - Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction".
Myxococcaceae Jahn 1924, familia.
Type genus: ¤ Myxococcus Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Myxococcus, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Myxococcaceae, the Myxococcus family.
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.): Beiträge zur Botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden, Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924, p. 403.]
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