Name: Brachymonas chironomi Halpern et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ro’no.mi. N.L. gen. masc. n. chironomi, of Chironomus, named after the non-biting midge insect from the genus Chironomus (Chironomidae, Diptera) from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AImA4; DSM 19884; LMG 24400

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU346912 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Halpern M, Shaked T, Schumann P. Brachymonas chironomi sp. nov., isolated from a chironomid egg mass, and emended description of the genus Brachymonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3025-3029.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11628 (N = 39).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Brachymonas Hiraishi et al. 1995

Assigned by: Halpern M, Shaked T, Schumann P. Brachymonas chironomi sp. nov., isolated from a chironomid egg mass, and emended description of the genus Brachymonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3025-3029.

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Record number: 786951