Name: Achromatium Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color, paint; N.L. neut. n. Achromatium, that which is not colored

Gender: neuter (stem: Achromati-)

Type species: Achromatium oxaliferum Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schewiakoff W. Über einen neuen bacterienähnlichen Organismus des Süsswassers. Habilitationsschrift, Universität Heidelberg. C. Winter, Heidelberg, 1893.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Achromatiaceae Massart 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Massart J. Recherche sur les organismes inférieurs. V. Sur le protoplasme des Schizophytes. Recueil de l’institut Botanique ‘Leo Errara‘ (Bruxelles) 1901; 5:251-282.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Thiotrichaceae Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Thiotrichaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 131.
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Micrococceae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Achmmatium"; "Achromalium"; "Achromulium"; "Achronzatium"; "Aehromatium"; "Aphromatium".
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ACMT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Achromatium mobile" Lauterborn 1915	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Achromatium oxaliferum Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Achromatium palustre" Salman et al. 2015	not validly published

Parent taxon: Achromatiaceae Massart 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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