Name: Achromatium oxaliferum Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.xa.li.fe.rum. Gr. fem. n. oxalis, sorrel, Rumex spp. (whose leaves contain oxalic acid); L. v. fero, to carry; N.L. neut. adj. oxaliferum, oxalate-containing (sic)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Schewiakoff W. Über einen neuen bacterienähnlichen Organismus des Süsswassers. Habilitationsschrift, Universität Heidelberg. C. Winter, Heidelberg, 1893.

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Achromatium Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schewiakoff W. Über einen neuen bacterienähnlichen Organismus des Süsswassers. Habilitationsschrift, Universität Heidelberg. C. Winter, Heidelberg, 1893.
  • According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type. Not been brought into culture.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.

Parent taxon: Achromatium Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schewiakoff W. Über einen neuen bacterienähnlichen Organismus des Süsswassers. Habilitationsschrift, Universität Heidelberg. C. Winter, Heidelberg, 1893.

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Record number: 783263