Name: Chelatococcus sambhunathii Panday and Das 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: samb.hu.nath’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sambhunathii, of Sambhunath, named after Dr Sambhunath De, an eminent microbiologist in India

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18167; HT4; JCM 14988

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ322070 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Panday D, Das SK. Chelatococcus sambhunathii sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from hot spring sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:861-865.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00804 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 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: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993

Assigned by: Panday D, Das SK. Chelatococcus sambhunathii sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from hot spring sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:861-865.

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Record number: 778024