Name: Chromohalobacter sarecensis Quillaguamán et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.re.cen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. sarecensis, relating to Sida/SAREC, the institution that supports scientific research in Bolivia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-re-KEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-761; CCUG 47987; DSM 15547; LV4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY373448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Quillaguaman J, Delgado O, Mattiasson B, Hatti-Kaul R. Chromohalobacter sarecensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant moderate halophile isolated from the saline Andean region of Bolivia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1921-1926. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

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.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Quillaguaman J, Delgado O, Mattiasson B, Hatti-Kaul R. Chromohalobacter sarecensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant moderate halophile isolated from the saline Andean region of Bolivia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1921-1926. 🇸🇪

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Record number: 774707