Name: Chromohalobacter beijerinckii (Hof 1935) Peçonek et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas beijerinckii Hof 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: beij.e.rinck’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. beijerinckii, of Beijerinck, named after M.W. Beijerinck

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19372; CCUG 49679; CIP 106957; DSM 7218; JCM 13305; JCM 21422; LMG 2148; NBRC 103041; NCCB 35008; NCIB 9041; NCIMB 9041; NRRL B-3153

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021386 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Peconek J, Gruber C, Gallego V, Ventosa A, Busse HJ, Kampfer P, Radax C, Stan-Lotter H. Reclassification of Pseudomonas beijerinckii Hof 1935 as Chromohalobacter beijerinckii comb. nov., and emended description of the species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1953-1957.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas beijerinckii Hof 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Peconek J, Gruber C, Gallego V, Ventosa A, Busse HJ, Kampfer P, Radax C, Stan-Lotter H. Reclassification of Pseudomonas beijerinckii Hof 1935 as Chromohalobacter beijerinckii comb. nov., and emended description of the species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1953-1957.

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Record number: 785331