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Species Chryseobacterium contaminans
Name: Chryseobacterium contaminans Kämpfer et al. 2014
Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. neut. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating, polluting, referring to the isolation of the type strain as a contaminant of an agar plate from a rhizosphere sample
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kon-TA-mi-nans, neuter
Type strain: C-26; CCM 8492; DSM 27621; LMG 27810
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KF652079
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Kampfer P, Poppel MT, Wilharm G, Busse HJ, McInroy JA, Glaeser SP. Chryseobacterium gallinarum sp. nov., isolated from a chicken, and Chryseobacterium contaminans sp. nov., isolated as a contaminant from a rhizosphere sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1419-1427. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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García-López et al. 2019
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
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García-López et al. 2019
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
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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 risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Chryseobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994
Assigned by:
Kampfer P, Poppel MT, Wilharm G, Busse HJ, McInroy JA, Glaeser SP. Chryseobacterium gallinarum sp. nov., isolated from a chicken, and Chryseobacterium contaminans sp. nov., isolated as a contaminant from a rhizosphere sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1419-1427. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 791736
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