Name: Chelatococcus sambhunathii Panday and Das 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: samb-hu-NA-t^hi-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM 18167; HT4; JCM 14988

See detailed strain information at

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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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