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Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 4 6 -
BioSample 10 11 -
GEO DataSets 10 10 -
Identical Protein Groups 22,927 24,030 -
Nucleotide 131 134 22
PMC 32 32 -
Protein 27,626 34,826 -
SRA 8 8 -
Taxonomy 2 2 -

Corallococcus macrosporus

Taxonomy ID: 35 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:35)
current name
Corallococcus macrosporus  (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Reichenbach 2007
basionym:
Myxococcus macrosporus  (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Zahler and McCurdy 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) in [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)]
neotype strain of Myxococcus macrosporus: CIP : 109128 , DSM : 14697 , JCM : 12621 , personal : Cc m8
homotypic synonym:
"Chondrococcus macrosporus"  Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926 , effective name  1)
"Pseudomyxococcus macrosporus"  (Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926) Das et al. 2025 , effective name  2) in [Das J et al. (2025)]
NCBI BLAST name: bacteria
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Myxococcota; Myxococcia; Myxococcales; Cystobacterineae; Myxococcaceae; Corallococcus

Notes:

Comments and References:
Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.
Das J et al. (2025) , Pubmed: abstract
Das, J., Pal, S., Negi, A., Sundharam, S.S., Yadav, A., Subramanian, S., Sinha, S.K., Samanta, J., and Krishnamurthi, S. "Genomic insights into novel predatory myxobacteria isolated from human feces." Microbiol. Spectr. (2025) 13(7):e02147-24.
JUDICIAL OPINION 100, 101, 102 (2020)
Arahal, D.R. "Opinions 100, 101 and 102." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2020) 70(9):5177-5181.
Krzemieniewska H & Krzemieniewski S (1926)
Krzemieniewska, H., and Krzemienieewski. S. "Miksobakterje Polski (Die Myxobakterien von Polen)." Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae (1926) 4:1-54. [No PubMed record available.]
Lang E & Stackebrandt E (2009)
Lang, E., and Stackebrandt, E. "Emended descriptions of the genera Myxococcus and Corallococcus, typification of the species Myxococcus stipitatus and Myxococcus macrosporus and a proposal that they be represented by neotype strains. Request for an Opinion." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2009) 59:2122-2128.
Reichenbach H (2005b)
Reichenbach, H. "Genus II. Corallococcus gen. nov. (Chondrococcus Jahn 1924, 85)." In: D.J. Brenner, N.R. Krieg, J.T. Staley, and G.M. Garrity (eds.), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, pp. 1079-1082. [No PubMed record available.]
VALIDATION LIST No. 115 (2007)
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2007) 57:893-897.
Zahler SA & McCurdy HD (1974)
Zahler, S.A., and McCurdy, H.D. "Genus I. Myxococcus Thaxter 1892, 403." In: R.E. Buchanan and N.E Gibbons (eds.): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, pp. 79-83. [No PubMed record available.]

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

LinkOut Subject LinkOut Provider
Corallococcus macrosporus type strain (BD-ID 9576) meta-databases BacDive
Myxococcus macrosporus HW-1 organism-specific BioCyc
Myxococcus macrosporus HW-1 organism-specific BioCyc
Myxococcus macrosporus HW-1 organism-specific BioCyc
Corallococcus macrosporus taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
GOLD: Go0642146 organism-specific Genomes On Line Database
Corallococcus macrosporus culture/stock collections Global Catalogue of Microorganisms
2982523931: Corallococcus macrosporus ATCC 29039 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
Corallococcus macrosporus | SeqCode Registry taxonomy/phylogenetic SeqCode Registry
Corallococcus macrosporus type strain (SI-ID 132581) meta-databases StrainInfo, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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