Name: Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. adv. poly, many; Gr. neut. n. angeîon, vessel (Latin transliteration angium); N.L. neut. n. Polyangium, many vessels

Gender: neuter (stem: Polyangi-)

Type species: Polyangium vitellinum Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Link HF. Observationes in Ordines plantarum naturales. Dissertatio prima complectens Anandrarum ordines Epiphytas, Mucedines, Gastromycos et Fungos. Gesellschaft fur Natur (Berlin) 1809; 3:3-42.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Haploangium" (ex Peterson 1959) Reichenbach 2005	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Haploangium" Peterson 1959	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Polyangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Jahn E. Beitrage zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Polyangiales Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the family "Myxobacteriaceae". Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Palyangium"; "Pnlyangium"; "Polgangium"; "Poljangium"; "Polyanglum"; "Polyungium"; "Potyangium"; "Pulyangium".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; JCM: 6; KCTC: 2; CGMCC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • Polyangium Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980) is an earlier homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Polyangium Looss, 1902. — Crook M. Personal communication, 2021-08-19.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PONG" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • Strain DSM 7029 was deposited as Polyangium brachysporum. But preserved culture is a member of the Burkholderiales. Publication: Sjöstedt AB. Genus I. Francisella Dorofe'ev 1947, 176AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 200-210.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Polyangium aureum (ex Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1930) Brockman 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polyangium aurulentum Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polyangium cellulosum (ex Imshenetski and Solntseva 1936) Brockman 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Polyangium ferrugineum" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1927	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Polyangium fumosum Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1930 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polyangium jinanense Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polyangium luteum (ex Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1927) Brockman 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polyangium minor (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Polyangium minus corrig. (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Polyangium minus" Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1926	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Polyangium parasiticum (ex Geitler 1924) Brockman 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polyangium rugiseptum (Peterson 1959) McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polyangium sorediatum (ex Thaxter 1904) Brockman 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polyangium spumosum (ex Krzemieniewska and Krzemieniewski 1927) Brockman 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Polyangium thaxteri" Balows et al. 1992	not validly published
    Polyangium vitellinum Link 1809 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Polyangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jahn E. Beiträge zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Verlag von Gebruder Borntraeger, Leipzig, 1924.

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