Name: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chro.mo.ha.lo.bac’ter. Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Chromohalobacter, colored salt rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Chromohalobacter-), k^hro-mo-ha-lo-BAK-ter

Type species: Chromohalobacter marismortui (ex Elazari-Volcani 1940) Ventosa et al. 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Garcia MT, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Classification of "Chromobacterium marismortui" in a new genus, Chromohalobacter gen. nov., as Chromohalobacter marismortui comb. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:382-386. 🇪🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Arahal et al. 2001 Arahal DR, Garcia MT, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Ventosa A. Transfer of Halomonas canadensis and Halomonas israelensis to the genus Chromohalobacter as Chromohalobacter canadensis comb. nov. and Chromohalobacter israelensis comb. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1443-1448. 🇪🇸 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chrornohalobacter".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 28 June 2022, Alicante, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5584. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 23 May 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4291-4295. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of ProkaryotesSubcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 2008; 58:2670-2671. 🇪🇸
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2008; 58:2670-2671. 🇪🇸
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Aguilera et al. (2007), Arahal et al. (2001), De la Haba et al. (2010). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 9; CECT: 7; ATCC: 6; CCM: 5; LMG: 5; CIP: 4; NCIMB: 4; JCM: 3; CCUG: 2; NBRC: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CMHL" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chromohalobacter beijerinckii (Hof 1935) Peçonek et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chromohalobacter canadensis (Huval et al. 1996) Arahal et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chromohalobacter israelensis (Huval et al. 1996) Arahal et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chromohalobacter japonicus Sánchez-Porro et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chromohalobacter marismortui (ex Elazari-Volcani 1940) Ventosa et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chromohalobacter moromii Lülf et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chromohalobacter nigrandesensis Prado et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chromohalobacter salarius Aguilera et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chromohalobacter salexigens Arahal et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Chromohalobacter sarecensis Quillaguamán et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989

Assigned by: Dobson SJ, Franzmann PD. Unification of the genera Deleya (Baumann et al. 1983), Halomonas (Vreeland et al. 1980), and Halovibrio (Fendrich 1988) and the species Paracoccus halodenitrificans (Robinson and Gibbons 1952) into a single genus, Halomonas, and placement of the genus Zymobacter in the family Halomonadaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:550-558. 🇦🇺

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