Name: Caldichromatium japonicum Saini et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. japonicum, referring to Japan, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 110881; JCM 39101; No.7

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16S rRNA gene: CP048029 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Saini MK, ChihChe W, Soulier N, Sebastian A, Albert I, Thiel V, Bryant DA, Hanada S, Tank M. Caldichromatium japonicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic phototrophic purple sulphur bacterium of the Chromatiaceae isolated from Nakabusa hot springs, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5701-5710.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caldichromatium Saini et al. 2020. Publication: Saini MK, ChihChe W, Soulier N, Sebastian A, Albert I, Thiel V, Bryant DA, Hanada S, Tank M. Caldichromatium japonicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic phototrophic purple sulphur bacterium of the Chromatiaceae isolated from Nakabusa hot springs, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5701-5710.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Caldichromatium Saini et al. 2020

Assigned by: Saini MK, ChihChe W, Soulier N, Sebastian A, Albert I, Thiel V, Bryant DA, Hanada S, Tank M. Caldichromatium japonicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic phototrophic purple sulphur bacterium of the Chromatiaceae isolated from Nakabusa hot springs, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5701-5710.

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Record number: 14564