Genus Chromatium

Name: Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. n. chrôma -atos, color; N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, one which is colored

Type species: Chromatium okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Perty M. Zur Kenntnis kleinster Lebensformen I-VIII. Jent and Reinert, Bern, 1852.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Imhoff et al. 1998 Imhoff JF, Suling J, Petri R. Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1129-1143.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the removal of 11 species from the genus.

Notes:
- Nomenclatural type of the family Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bavendamm W. Morphologie und Systematik der farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien. In: Kolkwitz R (eds), Die farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien des Suss-und Salzwassers., Pflanzenforschung, Berlin-Dahlem, 1924, p. 1-156.
- Nomenclatural type of the order Chromatiales Imhoff 2005. Publication: Imhoff JF. Order I. Chromatiales ord. 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. 1-3.
- Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Thiorhodaceae". 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.
- Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Vibrioneae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II. 1936; 94:369-403.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 13

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Chromatium buderi Trüper and Jannasch 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
Chromatium glycolicum Caumette et al. 1997	validly published	synonym
Chromatium gracile Strzeszewski 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
Chromatium minus Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
Chromatium minutissimum Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
Chromatium okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
Chromatium purpuratum Imhoff and Trüper 1980	validly published	synonym
Chromatium salexigens Caumette et al. 1989	validly published	synonym
Chromatium tepidum Madigan 1986	validly published	synonym
Chromatium vinosum (Ehrenberg 1838) Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
Chromatium violascens Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
Chromatium warmingii (Cohn 1875) Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	synonym
Chromatium weissei Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bavendamm W. Morphologie und Systematik der farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien. In: Kolkwitz R (eds), Die farblosen und roten Schwefelbakterien des Suss-und Salzwassers., Pflanzenforschung, Berlin-Dahlem, 1924, p. 1-156.

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