Genus Isochromatium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
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).
Isochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Isochromatium buderi (Trüper and Jannasch 1968) Imhoff et al. 1998.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Isc. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. adj. isos, equal, like, similar; N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Isochromatium, the similar Chromatium, the bacterium similar to Chromatium.
Valid publication: IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and PETRI (R.): Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1129-1143.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isochromatium buderi (Trüper and Jannasch 1968) Imhoff et al. 1998, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 8111 = ATCC 25588= DSM 176.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ224430.
Basonym: ¤ Chromatium buderi Trüper and Jannasch 1968 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. buderi, of Buder; named for J. Buder, a German plant physiologist.
Valid publication: IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and PETRI (R.): Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1129-1143.
Original article in IJSEM Online