Name: Chromohalobacter japonicus Sánchez-Porro et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. japonicus, Japanese

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 43; CCM 7416; CECT 7219

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB105159 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sanchez-Porro C, Tokunaga H, Tokunaga M, Ventosa A. Chromohalobacter japonicus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a Japanese salty food. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2262-2266.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Sanchez-Porro C, Tokunaga H, Tokunaga M, Ventosa A. Chromohalobacter japonicus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a Japanese salty food. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2262-2266.

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Record number: 786808