Name: Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Chromobacterium, a small, colored rod

Gender: neuter

Type species: Chromobacterium violaceum Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bergonzini C. Sopra un nuovo bacterio colorato. Annuar Soc. Nat. Modena, Series 2 1880; 14:149-158.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • De Ley et al. 1978 De Ley J, Segers P, And Gillis M. Intra- and Intergeneric Similarities of Chromobacterium and Janthinobacterium Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Cistrons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1978; 28:154-168.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013. Publication: Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.
  • Nomenclatural type of the tribe Chromobacterieae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe Chromobacterieae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cromobacterium".
  • This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Chromobacteria".
  • On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, in contravention of the Judicial Opinion 16, this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1881 (sic). Publication: Lapage SP, Sneath PHA, Lessel EF, Skerman VBD, Seeliger HPR, Clark WA. International code of nomenclature of bacteria (1990 revision). American Society for Microbiology, Washington, 1992.
  • See also: Publication: Euzeby JP. Necessary corrections according to judicial opinions 16, 48 and 52. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:613.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
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
    Chromobacterium alkanivorans Bajaj et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium amazonense Menezes et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium aquaticum Young et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium fluviatile Moss et al. 1981	validly published	synonym
    Chromobacterium haemolyticum Han et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium phragmitis Blackburn et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium piscinae Kämpfer et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium pseudoviolaceum Kämpfer et al. 2009	validly published	synonym
    Chromobacterium rhizoryzae Zhou et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium sphagni Blackburn et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium subtsugae Martin et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium vaccinii Soby et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Chromobacterium violaceum Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.

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