Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
| Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Deltaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Myxococcales |
| Family: | Myxococcaceae |
| Genus: | Myxococcus |
| Species: | M. llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis Chambers et al. 2020
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Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis is a gram-negative, rod-shaped species of myxobacteria found in soil.[1] It is a predator on other bacteria.
The ends of the rod-shaped vegetative cells taper slightly. The colonies are pale brown and show swarming motility. It produces orange, roughly spherical fruiting bodies.
A draft sequence of its genome[2] showed significant differences from all previously known species of the genus Myxococcus.
It was isolated from soil collected near the settlement of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, on the island of Anglesey in North Wales and was named after this location.
As of July 2021 the scientific name of this bacterial species is the longest name in the binomial nomenclature system.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Chambers, James; Sparks, Natalie; Sydney, Natasha; Livingstone, Paul G.; Cookson, Alan R.; Whitworth, David E. (6 October 2020). "Comparative genomics and pan-genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a description of five novel species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov. and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov". Genome Biology and Evolution. 12 (12): 2289–2302. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa212. PMC 7846144. PMID 33022031.
- ^ "Myxococcus Myxococcus sp. overview". GenBank. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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