Name: Chromobacterium phragmitis Blackburn et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phrag.mi’tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. phragmitis, of or belonging to Phragmites australis, because the bacteria occur in marshes where this wetland grass is generally found

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … p^hrag-MI-tis, neuter

Type strain: IIBBL 112-1; JCM 31884; NRRL B-67132

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16S rRNA gene: CP029495 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Blackburn MB, Farrar RRJ, Sparks ME, Kuhar D, Mowery JD, Mitchell A, Gundersen-Rindal DE. Chromobacterium phragmitis sp. nov., isolated from estuarine marshes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2681-2686. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.

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 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 phragmitis sp. nov., isolated from estuarine marshes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2681-2686. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 5352