Name: Chromatium glycolicum Caumette et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gly.co’li.cum. N.L. neut. n. glycol, glycol; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. glycolicum, related to the ability to use glycolate as substrate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700202; DSM 11080; SL 3201

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X93472 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Caumette P, Imhoff JF, Suling J, Matheron R. Chromatium glycolicum sp. nov., a moderately halophilic purple sulfur bacterium that uses glycolate as substrate. Arch Microbiol 1997; 167:11-18.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 62. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:915-916.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halochromatium glycolicum (Caumette et al. 1997) Imhoff et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halochromatium glycolicum (Caumette et al. 1997) Imhoff et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Chromatium glycolicum 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 Chromatium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Caumette P, Imhoff JF, Suling J, Matheron R. Chromatium glycolicum sp. nov., a moderately halophilic purple sulfur bacterium that uses glycolate as substrate. Arch Microbiol 1997; 167:11-18.

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