Name: Chlorobium vibrioforme Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.bri.o.for’me. 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. -formis -is -e, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. neut. adj. vibrioforme, vibrio-shaped [probably better: vibrioniforme]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BCRC 81026; DSM 260; Moss Ldg.; SMG 260

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Pelsh AO. Hydrobiology of Karabugz Bay of the Kaspian Sea. Trudy Solyanoi Laboratorii, Vsesoyuznogo Instituta Metallurgii NISNKT. Izdatelstvo Akademya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Leningrad 1936; 5:49-126.

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: synonym

Correct name: Prosthecochloris vibrioformis (Pelsh 1936) Imhoff 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prosthecochloris vibrioformis (Pelsh 1936) Imhoff 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Chlorobium vibrioforme is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Chlorobium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 57 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chlorobium Nadson 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pelsh AO. Hydrobiology of Karabugz Bay of the Kaspian Sea. Trudy Solyanoi Laboratorii, Vsesoyuznogo Instituta Metallurgii NISNKT. Izdatelstvo Akademya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Leningrad 1936; 5:49-126.

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Record number: 774666