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Cystobacter

Cystobacter is a genus in the phylum Myxococcota (Bacteria).

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Cystobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Myxococcota
Class: Myxococcia
Order: Myxococcales
Family: Myxococcaceae
Genus: Cystobacter
Schroeter 18861
Type species
Cystobacter fuscus
Schroeter 1886
Species

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Synonyms

Polyangium section "Fuscae" Jahn 1911

Cystobacter is a genus in the phylum Myxococcota (Bacteria).2

Etymology

The genus name stems from Greek noun κύστις (kustis), meaning "bladder" and Neo-Latin masculine noun bacter "rod" consequently the Neo-Latin masculine noun Cystobacter means bladder-forming rod.3

Species

The genus contains 8 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely3

  • C. armeniaca Reichenbach 2007 (L. fem. n. armeniaca, an apricot-tree, intended to mean apricot-colored.)4
  • C. badius Reichenbach 2007 (L. masc. adj. badius, chestnut brown.)4
  • C. ferrugineus (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1927) McCurdy 1970 (L. masc. adj. ferrugineus, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red.)1
  • C. fuscus Schroeter 1886 (L. masc. adj. fuscus, dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny.)1
  • C. miniatus Reichenbach 2007 (L. masc. part. adj. miniatus, cinnabar-red.)4
  • C. velatus Reichenbach 2007 (L. part. adj. velatus, veiled, covered.)4

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)3 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).5

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024678 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS22691011

Melittangium boletus Jahn 1924

Cystobacter~

Cystobacter armeniaca Reichenbach 2007

Cystobacter miniatus Reichenbach 2007

Cystobacter

C. velatus Reichenbach 2007

C. fuscus Schroeter 1886

C. badius Reichenbach 2007

C. ferrugineus (Krzemieniewska & Krzemieniewski 1927) McCurdy 1970

Melittangium

"Archangium primigenium" (Quehl 1906) Jahn 1924 nom. nud.

Melittangium boletus

Cystobacter

C. ferrugineus

C. fuscus

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names -- SKERMAN et al. 30 (1): 225 -- International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  2. Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  3. Cystobacter in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  4. Euzéby, J. (2007). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (5): 893–897. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65207-0. PMC 5817221. PMID 17473228.
  5. Schoch CL; et al. "Cystobacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  6. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.