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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Chlorobium chlorochromatii"

Name: "Chlorobium chlorochromatii" Vogl et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chlo.ro’chro.ma’ti.i. Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green, yellowish green; N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, color, paint; N.L. gen. neut. n. chlorochromatii, of, originating from, ‘‘Chlorochromatium’’

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: CaD; CaD3

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16S rRNA gene: AJ578461 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Vogl K, Glaeser J, Pfannes KR, Wanner G, Overmann J. Chlorobium chlorochromatii sp. nov., a symbiotic green sulfur bacterium isolated from the phototrophic consortium "Chlorochromatium aggregatum". Arch Microbiol 2006; 185:363-372. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Vogl K, Glaeser J, Pfannes KR, Wanner G, Overmann J. Chlorobium chlorochromatii sp. nov., a symbiotic green sulfur bacterium isolated from the phototrophic consortium "Chlorochromatium aggregatum". Arch Microbiol 2006; 185:363-372. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 774658

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