Name: Chlorobium phaeovibrioides Pfennig 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phae.o.vi.bri.o.i’des. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, dark, brown; L. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. neut. adj. phaeovibrioides, brown vibrio-shaped [probably better: phaeovibrionoides]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hlo-RO-bi-um p^ha͡e-o-wi-bri-o-I-des, neuter

Type strain: DSM 269; Langvik; SMG 269

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: Y10654 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pfennig N. [Chlorobium phaeobacteroides nov. spec. and C. phaeovibrioides nov. spec., two new species of green sulfur bacteria]. Arch Mikrobiol 1968; 63:224-226.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Imhoff 2003 Imhoff JF. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:941-951. 🇩🇪 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.
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• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 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 19 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pfennig N. [Chlorobium phaeobacteroides nov. spec. and C. phaeovibrioides nov. spec., two new species of green sulfur bacteria]. Arch Mikrobiol 1968; 63:224-226.

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