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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Janthinobacterium violaceinigrum

Name: Janthinobacterium violaceinigrum Lu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la.ce.i.ni’grum. L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet; L. masc. adj. niger, black; N.L. neut. adj. violaceinigrum, violet-black, after the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-o-la-ke-i-NI-grum, neuter

Type strain: FT13W; GDMCC 1.1638; KACC 21319

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK968136 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu H, Deng T, Cai Z, Liu F, Yang X, Wang Y, Xu M. Janthinobacterium violaceinigrum sp. nov., Janthinobacterium aquaticum sp. nov. and Janthinobacterium rivuli sp. nov., isolated from a subtropical stream in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2719-2725. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Janthinobacterium De Ley et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lu H, Deng T, Cai Z, Liu F, Yang X, Wang Y, Xu M. Janthinobacterium violaceinigrum sp. nov., Janthinobacterium aquaticum sp. nov. and Janthinobacterium rivuli sp. nov., isolated from a subtropical stream in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2719-2725. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 7275
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