Name: Chromatocurvus halotolerans corrig. Csotonyi et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23344; EG19; VKM B-2659

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM691086 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Csotonyi JT, Stackebrandt E, Swiderski J, Schumann P, Yurkov V. Chromocurvus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterial obligately aerobic anoxygenic phototroph, isolated from a Canadian hypersaline spring. Arch Microbiol 2011; 193:573-582.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 145. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1017-1019.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chromocurvus halotolerans Csotonyi et al. 2012	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Spring et al. 2013 Spring S, Riedel T, Sproer C, Yan S, Harder J, Fuchs BM. Taxonomy and evolution of bacteriochlorophyll a-containing members of the OM60/NOR5 clade of marine gammaproteobacteria: description of Luminiphilus syltensis gen. nov., sp. nov., reclassification of Haliea rubra as Pseudohaliea rubra gen. nov., comb. nov., and emendation of Chromatocurvus halotolerans. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:118. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 19. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:8-10.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chromatocurvus corrig. Csotonyi et al. 2012. Publication: Csotonyi JT, Stackebrandt E, Swiderski J, Schumann P, Yurkov V. Chromocurvus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterial obligately aerobic anoxygenic phototroph, isolated from a Canadian hypersaline spring. Arch Microbiol 2011; 193:573-582.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the genus name; Chromocurvus (sic); has been corrected on validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 145. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1017-1019.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the name, Chromocurvus (sic) halotolerans, has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 145. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1017-1019.

Parent taxon: Chromatocurvus corrig. Csotonyi et al. 2012

Assigned by: Csotonyi JT, Stackebrandt E, Swiderski J, Schumann P, Yurkov V. Chromocurvus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterial obligately aerobic anoxygenic phototroph, isolated from a Canadian hypersaline spring. Arch Microbiol 2011; 193:573-582.

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