Name: Marichromatium Imhoff et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.ri.chro.ma’ti.um. L. neut. n. mare (gen. maris), the sea; N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Marichromatium, the Chromatium of the sea, the truly marine Chromatium

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Marichromati-), ma-ri-k^hro-MA-ti-um

Type species: Marichromatium gracile (Strzeszewski 1913) Imhoff et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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: Strzeszewski B. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Schwefelflora in der Umgebung von Krakau. Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie Série B 1913; 1913:309-334.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Marichromatiuin"; "Marichrornatium"; "Mariciirotnatium"; "Mnichromatium".
  • 📧 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: minutes of the meetings, 11 August 2009, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3907-3909. 🇩🇪
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 4 August 2015, Tubingen, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5211. 🇧🇪
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Shivali et al. (2012). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11238 (N = 4).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; NBRC: 3; KCTC: 3; ATCC: 2; JCM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Marichromatium bheemlicum Anil Kumar et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Marichromatium chrysaorae" Shivali et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    Marichromatium fluminis Sucharita et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Marichromatium gracile (Strzeszewski 1913) Imhoff et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Marichromatium indicum Arunasri et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Marichromatium litoris" Shivali et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    Marichromatium purpuratum (Imhoff and Trüper 1980) 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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