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)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-k^hro-MA-ti-um o-xa-LI-fe-rum, 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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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