Genus Rhabdochromatium
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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).
Rhabdochromatium (ex Winogradsky 1888) Dilling et al. 1996, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Rhabdochromatium marinum Dilling et al. 1996.
Synonym: "Rhabdochromatium" Winogradsky 1888.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rbc. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. rhabdos, a rod; Gr. n. chrôma -atos, color; N.L. neut. n. Rhabdochromatium, colored rod.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363.
Effective publication: DILLING (W.), LIESACK (W.) and PFENNIG (N.): Rhabdochromatium marinum gen. nom. rev., sp. nov., a purple sulfur bacterium from a salt marsh microbial mat. Arch. Microbiol., 1995, 164, 125-131.
Validation List no. 56 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Rhabdochromatium marinum Dilling et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 8315 = CIP 104884 = DSM 5261.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X84316.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363.
Effective publication: DILLING (W.), LIESACK (W.) and PFENNIG (N.): Rhabdochromatium marinum gen. nom. rev., sp. nov., a purple sulfur bacterium from a salt marsh microbial mat. Arch. Microbiol., 1995, 164, 125-131.
Validation List no. 56 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online