Name: Chlorobaculum Imhoff 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chlo.ro.ba’cu.lum. Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; L. neut. n. baculum, rod; N.L. neut. n. Chlorobaculum, the green rod

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Chlorobacul-), k^hlo-ro-BA-ku-lum

Type species: Chlorobaculum tepidum (Wahlund et al. 1996) Imhoff 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imhoff JF. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:941-951.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Wahlund TM, Woese CR, Castenholz RW, Madigan MT. A thermophilic green sulfur bacterium from New Zealand hot springs, Chlorobium tepidum sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 156:81-90.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: minutes of the meetings, 11 August 2009, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3907-3909.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; NBRC: 4; VKM: 1; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Chlorobaculum chlorovibrioides" (Gorlenko et al. 1974) Imhoff 2003	not validly published	synonym
    Chlorobaculum limnaeum Imhoff 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chlorobaculum macestae" Keppen et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
    "Chlorobaculum parvum" Imhoff 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    Chlorobaculum tepidum (Wahlund et al. 1996) Imhoff 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chlorobaculum thiosulfatiphilum Imhoff 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chlorobiaceae Copeland 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Imhoff JF. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:941-951.

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