Name: Chromobacterium fluminis De León et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: flu’mi.nis. L. gen. neut. n. fluminis, of a river, referring to the isolation source

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 114492; HSC-31F16; NRRL B-65644

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW242637 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: De Leon ME, Wilson HS, Jospin G, Eisen JA. Corrigendum: 'Genome sequencing and multifaceted taxonomic analysis of novel strains of violacein-producing bacteria and non-violacein-producing close relatives'. Microb Genom 2024; 10:0. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 218. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6398.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-08-12.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: De Leon ME, Wilson HS, Jospin G, Eisen JA. Corrigendum: 'Genome sequencing and multifaceted taxonomic analysis of novel strains of violacein-producing bacteria and non-violacein-producing close relatives'. Microb Genom 2024; 10:0. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 51449