Name: Chromobacterium sphagni Blackburn et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphag’ni. N.L. gen. neut. n. sphagni, of Sphagnum, referring to the apparent association of the species with bogs dominated by mosses of the genus Sphagnum

Gender: neuter

Type strain: IIBBL 14B-1; JCM 31882; NRRL B-67130

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16S rRNA gene: MKCT01000001 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Blackburn MB, Farrar RRJ, Sparks ME, Kuhar D, Mitchell A, Gundersen-Rindal DE. Chromobacterium sphagni sp. nov., an insecticidal bacterium isolated from Sphagnum bogs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3417-3422.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Blackburn MB, Farrar RRJ, Sparks ME, Kuhar D, Mitchell A, Gundersen-Rindal DE. Chromobacterium sphagni sp. nov., an insecticidal bacterium isolated from Sphagnum bogs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3417-3422.

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Record number: 795892