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Species Chryseobacterium polytrichastri
Name: Chryseobacterium polytrichastri Chen et al. 2015
Etymology: po.ly.tri.chas’tri. N.L. gen. neut. n. polytrichastri, of Polytrichastrum, referring to Polytrichastrum formosum, the plant from which the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: po-ly-tri-KHAS-tri, neuter
Type strain: CGMCC 1.12491; DSM 26899; YG4-6
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KC560018
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Chen XY, Zhao R, Chen ZL, Liu L, Li XD, Li YH. Chryseobacterium polytrichastri sp. nov., isolated from a moss (Polytrichastrum formosum), and emended description of the genus Chryseobacterium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:403-410. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.
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 10 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:
Chen XY, Zhao R, Chen ZL, Liu L, Li XD, Li YH. Chryseobacterium polytrichastri sp. nov., isolated from a moss (Polytrichastrum formosum), and emended description of the genus Chryseobacterium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:403-410.
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Record number: 792740
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