Name: Allochromatium phaeobacterium Srinivas et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phae.o.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, dark, brown; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a stick, staff, rod; N.L. neut. n. phaeobacterium, the brown rod

Pronunciation, gender: p^ha͡e-o-bak-TE-ri-um, neuter

Type strain: DSM 19781; JA144; JCM 14796

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16S rRNA gene: AM712619 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Srinivas TN, Anil Kumar P, Sucharitha K, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Allochromatium phaeobacterium sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:750-753.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Allochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998

Assigned by: Srinivas TN, Anil Kumar P, Sucharitha K, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Allochromatium phaeobacterium sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:750-753.

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Record number: 786846