Name: Intrasporangium chromatireducens Liu et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chro.ma.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. chromas (gen. chromatis), chromate; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back, and, in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. chromatireducens, reducing chromate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AA 2010019; CGMCC 1.10750; DSM 25801; KCTC 19811; NRRL B-59521; Q5-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ487951 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu H, Wang H, Wang G. Intrasporangium chromatireducens sp. nov., a chromate-reducing actinobacterium isolated from manganese mining soil, and emended description of the genus Intrasporangium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:403-408.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Intrasporangium Kalakoutskii et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Liu H, Wang H, Wang G. Intrasporangium chromatireducens sp. nov., a chromate-reducing actinobacterium isolated from manganese mining soil, and emended description of the genus Intrasporangium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:403-408.

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