Name: Heliobacterium chlorum Gest and Favinger 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chlo’rum. N.L. neut. adj. chlorum, green; from Gr. neut. adj. chlôron

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35205; DSM 3682; Gest/Favinger

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Effective publication: Gest H, Favinger JL. Heliobacterium chlorum, an anoxygenic brownish-green photosynthetic bacterium containing a “New” form of bacteriochlorophyll. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 136:11-16.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Heliobacterium Gest and Favinger 1985. Publication: Gest H, Favinger JL. Heliobacterium chlorum, an anoxygenic brownish-green photosynthetic bacterium containing a “New” form of bacteriochlorophyll. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 136:11-16.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Heliobacterium Gest and Favinger 1985

Assigned by: Gest H, Favinger JL. Heliobacterium chlorum, an anoxygenic brownish-green photosynthetic bacterium containing a “New” form of bacteriochlorophyll. Arch. Microbiol. 1983; 136:11-16.

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Record number: 776872