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Genus "Chloracidobacterium"
Name: "Chloracidobacterium" Tank and Bryant 2015
Etymology: Chlor.a.ci.do.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, greenish-yellow, pale green; N.L. neut. n. Acidobacterium, a bacterial genus; N.L. neut. n. Chloracidobacterium, a green Acidobacterium
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Chloracidobacteri-), khlor-a-ki-do-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: "Chloracidobacterium thermophilum" Tank and Bryant 2015
Original publication:
Tank M, Bryant DA. Chloracidobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an anoxygenic microaerophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic acidobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1426-1430. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Chloracidobacterium Saini et al. 2026
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Chloracidobacterium Saini et al. 2026 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Candidatus Chloracidobacterium" Bryant et al. 2007 homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Chloracidobacteriaceae" Saini et al. 2021.
Publication:
Saini MK, Sebastian A, Shirotori Y, Soulier NT, Garcia Costas AM, Drautz-Moses DI, Schuster SC, Albert I, Haruta S, Hanada S, et al. Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Chloracidobacterium Isolates Provides Evidence for Multiple Species. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:704168. 🇺🇸
- 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Chloracidobacteria".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.
- 🧍 Considered not validly published. Type species not validly published. — Oren A. Personal communication, 2021-08-31.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Chloracidobacteriaceae" Saini et al. 2021.
Publication:
Saini MK, Sebastian A, Shirotori Y, Soulier NT, Garcia Costas AM, Drautz-Moses DI, Schuster SC, Albert I, Haruta S, Hanada S, et al. Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Chloracidobacterium Isolates Provides Evidence for Multiple Species. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:704168.
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: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Chloracidobacterium aggregatum" Saini et al. 2021 not validly published synonym "Chloracidobacterium thermophilum" Tank and Bryant 2015 not validly published synonym "Chloracidobacterium validum" Saini et al. 2021 not validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Chloracidobacteriaceae Saini et al. 2026
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. —
Saini MK, Kuzyk SB, Villena-Alemany C, Kirstein S, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Haruta S, Hanada S, Koblizek M, Thiel V, et al. Chloracidobacterium validum sp. nov., a thermophilic chlorophotoheterotrophic bacterium of the phylum Acidobacteriota from an alkaline hot spring microbial mat, represents Chloracidobacterium gen. nov., Chloracidobacteriaceae fam. nov. and Chloracidobacteriales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7003. 🇩🇪
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