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

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 19781; JA144; JCM 14796

See detailed strain information at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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