Genus Chelatococcus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chelatococcus asaccharovorans Auling et al. 1993.
Etymology: N.L. v. chelato (from Gr. n. chele, claw), to form claw-like complexes with divalent cations, i.e. to chelate; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), berry and, in bacteriology, a coccus; N.L. masc. n. Chelatococcus, chelating coccus.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 46. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 624-625.
Effective publication: AULING (G.), BUSSE (H.J.), EGLI (T.), EL-BANNA (T.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Description of the gram-negative, obligately aerobic, nitrilotriacetate (NTA)-utilizing bacteria as Chelatobacter heintzii, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Chelatococcus asaccharovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 16, 104-112.
Validation List no. 46 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993 emend. Yoon et al. 2008.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), IM (W.T.), LEE (S.T.) and OH (T.K.): Chelatococcus daeguensis sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a textile dye works, and emended description of the genus Chelatococcus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2224-2228.
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Chelatococcus asaccharovorans Auling et al. 1993, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TE2 = ATCC 51531= DSM 6462.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ294349.
Etymology: Gr. pref. a, not; Gr. n. sakchâr, sugar; L. v. voro, to eat, to devour; N.L. part. adj. asaccharovorans, not devouring sugars.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 46. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 624-625.
Effective publication: AULING (G.), BUSSE (H.J.), EGLI (T.), EL-BANNA (T.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Description of the gram-negative, obligately aerobic, nitrilotriacetate (NTA)-utilizing bacteria as Chelatobacter heintzii, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Chelatococcus asaccharovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 16, 104-112.
Validation List no. 46 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Chelatococcus caeni Jin et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EBR-4-1=KCTC 32487=JCM 30181.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF056991.
Etymology: L. gen. n. caeni of sludge.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: JIN, L., KO, S.-R., LEE, H.-G., KIM, B.-H., KIM, H.-S., AHN, C.-Y. and OH, H.-M. 2015. Chelatococcus caeni sp. nov., isolated from a biofilm reactor sludge sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 885-889
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Chelatococcus composti Zhang et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PC-2=DSM 101465=CGMCC 1.15283.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP994349.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. composti, of compost.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Z., ZHAO, J., YU, C., DONG, S., DUAN, H., YU, R., LIU, Y. and WANG, C. 2017. Chelatococcus composti sp. nov., isolated from penicillin fermentation fungi residue with pig manure co-compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 565-569.
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Chelatococcus daeguensis Yoon et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K106 = CCUG 54519 = KCTC 12979.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF584507.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. daeguensis, of Daegu, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), IM (W.T.), LEE (S.T.) and OH (T.K.): Chelatococcus daeguensis sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a textile dye works, and emended description of the genus Chelatococcus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2224-2228.
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Chelatococcus reniformis Gu et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B2974=JCM 30308=CGMCC 1.12919.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ469373.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. n. ren, kidney; L. suff. formis, shaped like; N.L. masc. adj. reniformis, shaped like a kidney.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: GU, Z., LIU, Y., WANG, N., JIAO, N., SHEN, L., LIU, H., ZHOU, Y., LIU, X., LI, J., LIANG, J. and BUSSE, H. J. 2016. Chelatococcus reniformis sp. nov., isolated from a glacier. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4525-4529.
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Chelatococcus sambhunathii Panday and Das 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HT4 = DSM 18167 = JCM 14988.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ322070.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. sambhunathii, of Sambhunath, named after Dr Sambhunath De, an eminent microbiologist in India.
Valid publication: PANDAY (D.) and DAS (S.K.): Chelatococcus sambhunathii sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from hot spring sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 861-865.
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