Name: Chromobacterium vaccinii Soby et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vac.ci’ni.i. L. neut. n. vaccinium, a blueberry, whortleberry, and also a botanical generic name; N.L. gen. neut. n. vaccinii, of Vaccinium, referring to the isolation of the type strain in association with wild and cultivated Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. (cranberry) roots and soils

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wak-KI-ni-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2314; DSM 25150; MWU205

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN120869 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Soby SD, Gadagkar SR, Contreras C, Caruso FL. Chromobacterium vaccinii sp. nov., isolated from native and cultivated cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) bogs and irrigation ponds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1840-1846. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 14 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: Soby SD, Gadagkar SR, Contreras C, Caruso FL. Chromobacterium vaccinii sp. nov., isolated from native and cultivated cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) bogs and irrigation ponds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1840-1846. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 790707