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

Gender: neuter

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original 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. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 11 species from the genus.
    • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.

• 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" Breed et al. 1948. 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 für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trüper HG, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.

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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