Name: Chromohalobacter nigrandesensis Prado et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nigr.an.de.sen’sis. L. adj. niger -gra -grum, black; N.L. masc./fem. adj. andesensis, pertaining to the Andes; N.L. masc. adj. nigrandesensis, relating to the black pigment and to the Andes, the mountain range of Chile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … nigr-an-de-SEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 5315; DSM 14323; LST-4N; LTS-4N

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ277205 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prado B, Lizama C, Aguilera M, Ramos-Cormenzana A, Fuentes S, Campos V, Monteoliva-Sanchez M. Chromohalobacter nigrandesensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-negative bacterium isolated from Lake Tebenquiche on the Atacama Saltern, Chile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:647-651. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.

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 2 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.
  • 🧍 In the protologue, the type strain LTS-4N is erroneously cited as LST-4N. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2007; 57:2725.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Prado B, Lizama C, Aguilera M, Ramos-Cormenzana A, Fuentes S, Campos V, Monteoliva-Sanchez M. Chromohalobacter nigrandesensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-negative bacterium isolated from Lake Tebenquiche on the Atacama Saltern, Chile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:647-651. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 774705