Name: Chromobacterium subtsugae Martin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.tsu’gae. L. prep. sub, under; N.L. fem. n. Tsuga, scientific name of hemlocks; N.L. gen. fem. n. subtsugae, under Tsuga, because the type strain was found in soil under a hemlock tree

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 17043; NRRL B-30655; PRAA4-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY344056 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Martin PA, Gundersen-Rindal D, Blackburn M, Buyer J. Chromobacterium subtsugae sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium toxic to Colorado potato beetle and other insect pests. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:993-999.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Martin PA, Gundersen-Rindal D, Blackburn M, Buyer J. Chromobacterium subtsugae sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium toxic to Colorado potato beetle and other insect pests. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:993-999.

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Record number: 774699