Name: Chromobacterium paludis Blackburn et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.lu’dis. L. gen. fem. n. paludis, of a wetland or marsh

Gender: neuter

Type strain: IIBBL 257-1; JCM 33770; NRRL B-65555

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16S rRNA gene: CP043473 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Blackburn MB, Farrar RRJ, Sparks ME, Kuhar D, Mowery JD, Mitchell A, Gundersen-Rindal DE. Chromobacterium paludis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a Chesapeake Bay marsh. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6142-6146. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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.

Parent taxon: Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Blackburn MB, Farrar RRJ, Sparks ME, Kuhar D, Mowery JD, Mitchell A, Gundersen-Rindal DE. Chromobacterium paludis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a Chesapeake Bay marsh. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6142-6146. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 14570