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Pyxidicoccus fallax (An d1)

Name: Pyxidicoccus fallax (An d1)
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BacDive ID 22168

Type strain

Strain Designation An d1

Culture col. no. An d1

NCBI tax ID(s) 394095

Special Collections Reichenbach collection

Pyxidicoccus fallax An d1 is a prokaryote that builds a fruiting body and was isolated from soil covering a heap of rubbish.

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

An d1

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:52:20

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Deltaproteobacteria

Order Myxococcales

Family Myxococcaceae

Genus Pyxidicoccus

Species Pyxidicoccus fallax

Full scientific name Pyxidicoccus fallax corrig. Reichenbach 2007

Synonyms (1)

Pyxicoccus fallax

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Pyxidicoccus fallax** (10)	Type strain
10169	P. fallax An d47, Py f1, DSM 14698, CIP 109125, JCM ... (type strain)
10168	P. fallax An d48, Py f4, DSM 14689
10170	P. fallax An d1, Py f5, DSM 14699
10171	P. fallax An d35, Py f3, DSM 51022
10172	P. fallax An d34, Py f2, DSM 51021
19140	P. fallax Py f5,
19141	P. fallax Py f3,
19142	P. fallax Py f2,
22166	P. fallax An d47,
22193	P. fallax An d34,

Morphology

Multicellular morphology

@ref	Forms multicellular complex	Complex name
18281		fruiting body

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition
18281	VY/2 AGAR		Ingredients: Baker's yeast 0.5% (based on fresh weight) CaCl2 0.1% Agar 1.5% Vitamin B12 0.05 % Preparation / Remarks: pH 7.2 autoclaved

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Waste	-
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
18281	soil covering a heap of rubbish	1980-01-01	near Madras	India	IND	Asia

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Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#18281	Reichenbach, H.: Collection description and documentation of myxobacteria by H. Reichenbach, HZI (formerly GBF); Collection curr. located at the DSMZ . Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH:
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )

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