Name: Blastochloris gulmargensis Venkata Ramana et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gul.marg.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. gulmargensis, of or pertaining to Gulmarg, a hilly resort in Kashmir, India, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19786; JA248; JCM 14795

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AM502287 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Venkata Ramana V, Kapoor S, Shobha E, Ramprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Blastochloris gulmargensis sp. nov., isolated from an epilithic phototrophic biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1811-1816.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Blastochloris Hiraishi 1997

Assigned by: Venkata Ramana V, Kapoor S, Shobha E, Ramprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Blastochloris gulmargensis sp. nov., isolated from an epilithic phototrophic biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1811-1816.

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Record number: 786851