Name: Chromohalobacter marismortui (ex Elazari-Volcani 1940) Ventosa et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ma.ris.mor’tu.i. L. neut. n. mare (gen. maris), the sea; L. masc. adj. mortuus, dead; N.L. gen. neut. n. marismortui, of the Dead Sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-ris-MOR-tu-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 17056; CCM 3518; DSM 6770; JCM 21220; LMG 3935; NBRC 103155

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16S rRNA gene: AB681964 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Garcia MT, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Classification of "Chromobacterium marismortui" in a new genus, Chromohalobacter gen. nov., as Chromohalobacter marismortui comb. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:382-386. 🇪🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989. Publication: Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Garcia MT, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Classification of "Chromobacterium marismortui" in a new genus, Chromohalobacter gen. nov., as Chromohalobacter marismortui comb. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:382-386. 🇪🇸
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 12 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: Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Garcia MT, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Classification of "Chromobacterium marismortui" in a new genus, Chromohalobacter gen. nov., as Chromohalobacter marismortui comb. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:382-386. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 774704