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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWA-ti-kum, neuter

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

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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 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. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 787285