Name: Chromobacterium aquaticum Young et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. aquaticum, living, growing, or found in or by water

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BCRC 17769; CC-SEYA-1; CCUG 55175; DSM 19852; DSM 23297

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU109734 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Young CC, Arun AB, Lai WA, Chen WM, Chou JH, Shen FT, Rekha PD, Kampfer P. Chromobacterium aquaticum sp. nov., isolated from spring water samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:877-880.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The name of the fifth author in the paper by Young et al. 2008 was incorrectly published as Jiu-Hsing Chao. The correct spelling should be Jui-Hsing Chou. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008; 58:1782.

Parent taxon: Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Young CC, Arun AB, Lai WA, Chen WM, Chou JH, Shen FT, Rekha PD, Kampfer P. Chromobacterium aquaticum sp. nov., isolated from spring water samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:877-880.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/chromobacterium-aquaticumCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 787285