Name: Cystobacter violaceus (ex Kühlwein and Gallwitz 1958) Reichenbach 2007

Category: Species

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

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.us. L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet colored

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Cb vi61; CIP 109131; DSM 14727; JCM 12629

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ768114 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cystobacter Schroeter 1886, 170AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1086-1096.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Archangium violaceum (Reichenbach 2007) Lang et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Archangium violaceum (Reichenbach 2007) Lang et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Cystobacter violaceus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cystobacter.
  • In the effective publication, Cystobacter violaceus is cited as a new combination. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.
  • The type strain CIP 109131 has been provided on request for validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Parent taxon: Cystobacter Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cystobacter Schroeter 1886, 170AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1086-1096.

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