Name: Marichromatium indicum Arunasri et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cum. L. neut. adj. indicum, named after India, the country in which the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-741; DSM 15907; JA100; JCM 12653

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ543328 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arunasri K, Sasikala C, Ramana CV, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Marichromatium indicum sp. nov., a novel purple sulfur gammaproteobacterium from mangrove soil of Goa, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:673-679.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Marichromatium Imhoff et al. 1998

Assigned by: Arunasri K, Sasikala C, Ramana CV, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Marichromatium indicum sp. nov., a novel purple sulfur gammaproteobacterium from mangrove soil of Goa, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:673-679.

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Record number: 777675