Name: Chromatium okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Monas okenii" Ehrenberg 1838

Etymology: o.ke’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. okenii, of Oken, named for L. Oken, a German naturalist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-KE-ni-i, neuter

Type strain: 1111; DSM 169; Ostrau; SMG 169

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ223234 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Perty M. Zur Kenntnis kleinster Lebensformen I-VIII. Jent and Reinert, Bern, 1852.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Monas okenii" Ehrenberg 1838	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Perty M. Zur Kenntnis kleinster Lebensformen I-VIII. Jent and Reinert, Bern, 1852.
  • 😷 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. — 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 21 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Chromatium Perty 1852 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Perty M. Zur Kenntnis kleinster Lebensformen I-VIII. Jent and Reinert, Bern, 1852.

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Record number: 774684