Name: Isochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: I.so.chro.ma’ti.um. Gr. masc. adj. isos, equal, like, similar; N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Isochromatium, the similar Chromatium, the bacterium similar to Chromatium

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Isochromati-), i-so-k^hro-MA-ti-um

Type species: Isochromatium buderi (Trüper and Jannasch 1968) Imhoff et al. 1998

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: 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.

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 Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Truper HG, Jannasch HW. [Chromatium buderi nov. spec., a new species of the "large" Thiorhodaceae]. Arch Mikrobiol 1968; 61:363-372.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Isochivmatium"; "Lsochromatium".
  • 📧 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, 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Allochromatium from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Halochromatium from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Isochromatium buderi (Trüper and Jannasch 1968) Imhoff et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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