%0 Journal Article %A Lang, Elke %A Spröer, Cathrin %T Replacement of ATCC 25944T, the current type strain of Melittangium lichenicola, with ATCC 25946. Request for an Opinion %D 2008 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 58 %N 12 %P 2991-2992 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.2008/002311-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X It is proposed that the type strain of Melittangium lichenicola (Thaxter 1892) McCurdy 1971 is ATCC 25946 (=DSM 14877), which was originally designated as a reference strain by McCurdy, and not ATCC 25944T, as given in the Approved Lists. Swarm appearance, myxospore morphology and 16S rRNA gene sequence data suggest that ATCC 25946 is a representative of the species Melittangium lichenicola, while strain ATCC 25944 is clearly a member of the Myxococcus–Corallococcus clade. A Request for an Opinion to this effect is made to the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.2008/002311-0