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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56 (2006), 2357-2363; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.63628-0
© 2006 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a cellulose-degrading myxobacterium: rediscovery of ‘Myxococcus cruentus’ Thaxter 1897

Hans Reichenbach1, Elke Lang2, Peter Schumann2 and Cathrin Spröer2

1 GBF – Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
2 DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany

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Hans Reichenbach
hre{at}gbf.de

A rare, cellulose-decomposing myxobacterium is described, and a new genus name, Byssovorax, is proposed for it. The organism is almost certainly identical to the species ‘Myxococcus cruentus’ Thaxter 1897, and that species epithet is therefore revived for the novel bacterium: the type strain of Byssovorax cruenta gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev. is strain By c2T (=DSM 14553T=CIP 108850T). The G+C content of its DNA is 69.9 mol%. The 16S rRNA gene sequence shows that the species belongs to the family Polyangiaceae, suborder ‘Sorangineae’, of the Myxococcales. An emended description of the organism is given.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain By c2T is AJ833647.

Further images of various growth phases of Byssovorax cruenta By c2T and a Polyangium strain are available as supplementary material in IJSEM Online.




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