Name: Chromobacterium sphagni Blackburn et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spha’gni. 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

Pronunciation, gender: … SP^HA-n͡gni, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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". — 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 3 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, 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