Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.3747

Name

Byssovorax Reichenbach et al. 2006

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Polyangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Members

species	Byssovorax cruenta (ex Thaxter 1897) Reichenbach et al. 2006

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Myxococcota Waite et al. 2021
class Polyangia Waite et al. 2020
order Polyangiales Waite et al. 2020
family Polyangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus Byssovorax Reichenbach et al. 2006

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Byssovorax Reichenbach et al. 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.3747.

Source File

10.1601/tx.3747.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 14, 2017.

References

Reichenbach H, Lang E, Schumann P, Spröer C. Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of 'Myxococcus cruentus' Thaxter 1897. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2357-2363. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63628-0 [PubMed].