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

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.

Species

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

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

Phylogeny

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

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226
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 1970Melittangium "Archangium primigenium" (Quehl 1906) Jahn 1924 nom. nud. Melittangium boletus Cystobacter C. ferrugineus C. fuscus
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 boletus Jahn 1924 Cystobacter~ Cystobacter armeniaca Reichenbach 2007 Cystobacter miniatus Reichenbach 2007
Melittangium boletus Jahn 1924
Cystobacter~ Cystobacter armeniaca Reichenbach 2007 Cystobacter miniatus Reichenbach 2007
Cystobacter~Cystobacter armeniaca Reichenbach 2007 Cystobacter miniatus Reichenbach 2007
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
CystobacterC. velatus Reichenbach 2007 C. fuscus Schroeter 1886 C. badius Reichenbach 2007 C. ferrugineus (Krzemieniewska & Krzemieniewski 1927) McCurdy 1970
C. velatus Reichenbach 2007
C. fuscus Schroeter 1886 C. badius Reichenbach 2007 C. ferrugineus (Krzemieniewska & Krzemieniewski 1927) McCurdy 1970
C. fuscus Schroeter 1886
C. badius Reichenbach 2007 C. ferrugineus (Krzemieniewska & Krzemieniewski 1927) McCurdy 1970
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
Melittangium"Archangium primigenium" (Quehl 1906) Jahn 1924 nom. nud. Melittangium boletus
"Archangium primigenium" (Quehl 1906) Jahn 1924 nom. nud.
Melittangium boletus
CystobacterC. ferrugineus C. fuscus
C. ferrugineus
C. fuscus

See also