Name: Chromobacterium amazonense Menezes et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ma.zon.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. amazonense, of or belonging to Amazon, referring to the river Amazon, the source of the type strain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CBMAI 310; DSM 26508

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF137653 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Menezes CB, Tonin MF, Correa DB, Parma M, de Melo IS, Zucchi TD, Destefano SA, Fantinatti-Garboggini F. Chromobacterium amazonense sp. nov. isolated from water samples from the Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1057-1063.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Menezes CB, Tonin MF, Correa DB, Parma M, de Melo IS, Zucchi TD, Destefano SA, Fantinatti-Garboggini F. Chromobacterium amazonense sp. nov. isolated from water samples from the Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1057-1063.

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Record number: 792969