Name: Herbaspirillum chlorophenolicum Im et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chlo.ro.phe.no’li.cum. Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, greenish-yellow, containing chloride; N.L. masc. adj. phenolicus, relating to phenol; N.L. neut. adj. chlorophenolicum, relating to chlorophenols

Pronunciation, gender: k^hlo-ro-p^he-NO-li-kum, neuter

Type strain: CPW301; DSM 17796; IAM 15024; JCM 21487; KCTC 12096; NBRC 102525

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16S rRNA gene: AB094401 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Im WT, Bae HS, Yokota A, Lee ST. Herbaspirillum chlorophenolicum sp. nov., a 4-chlorophenol-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:851-855. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11269 (N = 15).
  • 😷 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. — 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 6 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986

Assigned by: Im WT, Bae HS, Yokota A, Lee ST. Herbaspirillum chlorophenolicum sp. nov., a 4-chlorophenol-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:851-855. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 784010