Name: "Chlorobacterium" Lauterborn 1915

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Chlorobacteri-), k^hlo-ro-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Chlorobacterium symbioticum" Lauterborn 1915

Original publication: Lauterborn R. Die sapropelische Lebewelt. Ein Beispiel zur Biologie des Faulschlammes natürlicher Gewässer. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg 1915; 13:395-481.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chlorobactcrium".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CLBM" 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.
  • 🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Anonymous NN. Chlorobacterium Guillebeau 1890 vs. Chlorobacterium Lauterborn 1915, and the Status of Chlorobacteriaceae Lauterborn 1913 Preliminary Statement File No. 8. Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomencl. Taxon. 1951; 1:43-44.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Chlorobacterium symbioticum" Lauterborn 1915	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Chlorobacteriaceae" Geitler and Pascher 1925

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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Record number: 408