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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ja-PO-ni-kus, 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 (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. — 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 4 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

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