Name: "Achromobacter" Bergey et al. 1923

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.chro.mo.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Achromobacter, colorless rodlet

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Achromobacter-), a-k^hro-mo-BAK-ter

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Achromobacter Yabuuchi and Yano 1981

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Achromobacter Yabuuchi and Yano 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Achromobacteraceae" corrig. Breed 1945. Publication: Breed RS. The genus Achromobacter and the genus Flavobacterium. Journal of Bacteriology 1945; 50:124.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Achromobacteriaceae" Breed 1945. Publication: Breed RS. The genus Achromobacter and the genus Flavobacterium. Journal of Bacteriology 1945; 50:124.
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Achromobactereae". Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
  • 🧕 Breed (1945) assigned this genus to the family "Achromobacteraceae" corrig. Breed 1945. Publication: Breed RS. The genus Achromobacter and the genus Flavobacterium. Journal of Bacteriology 1945; 50:124.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family "Achromobacteriaceae" Breed 1945. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Achromobacteraceae" corrig. Breed 1945. Publication: 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Achmmobacter"; "Achmmobucter"; "Achramabacter"; "Achramobaccer"; "Achramobacler"; "Achramobacmr"; "Achramobacter"; "Achrnmobacter"; "Achroinobacter"; "Achromabacter"; "Achromabaczer"; "Achromnbacter"; "Achromobacier"; "Achromobacler"; "Achromobacmr"; "Achromobactrr"; "Achromobactur"; "Achromobacwr"; "Achromobucier"; "Achromobucter"; "Achromohacter"; "Achromqbacter"; "Achromubacter"; "Achroniobacter"; "Achroniohacter"; "Achronmbacter"; "Achronwbacter"; "Achronzohacter"; "Achrornobacter"; "Achuomobacter"; "Achwmobacter"; "Acliromobacter"; "Acllromobacter"; "Aclrromobacter"; "Aclzrornobacter"; "Aehromobacter"; "Anhmmobacter"; "Archromobacter"; "Arhromobacter"; "Lichromobacter".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04532 (N = 7).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; CCUG: 5; ATCC: 5; CIP: 4; LMG: 4; NCTC: 3; CCMM: 3; ITEM: 3; IFO: 3; NBRC: 3.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 24

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Achromobacter anitratum" (Schaub and Hauber 1948) Brisou 1953	not validly published	synonym
    "Achromobacter aquamarinus" ZoBell and Upham 1944	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Achromobacter arsenitoxydans" Li et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter carboxydus" Zavarzin 1976	not validly published	synonym
    "Achromobacter carboxydus" Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974	not validly published	synonym
    "Achromobacter cholinophagum" Shieh 1964	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter cobalamini" Shteinberg et al. 1982	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter cobalamini" Shteinberg et al. 1974	not validly published	synonym
    "Achromobacter colocynthi" Ait Si Mhand et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter georgiopolitanum" Colwell et al. 1968	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter harveyi" Johnson and Shunk 1936	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Achromobacter lunatus" Karube et al. 1977	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter lyticus" Masaki et al. 1981	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter maghribensis" Ait Si Mhand et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter nematophilus" Poinar and Thomas 1965	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Achromobacter obae" Fukumura 1977	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter panacis" Singh et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    "Achromobacter parvulus" (Conn 1922) Breed 1957	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter semiaridum" Ait Si Mhand et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter starkeyi" Ruiz-Herrera et al. 1968	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter stationis" ZoBell and Upham 1944	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Achromobacter vitis" Deyett et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter xerosis" Groupe et al. 1954	not validly published	preferred name
    "Achromobacter xylosoxidans" Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Yabuuchi E, Kawamura Y, Kosako Y, Ezaki T. Emendation of genus Achromobacter and Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Yabuuchi and Yano) and proposal of Achromobacter ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac) comb. nov., Achromobacter piechaudii (Kiredjian et al.) comb. nov., and Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. denitrificans (Ruger and Tan) comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 1998; 42:429-438. 🇯🇵

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