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

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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. — 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 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