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

Pronunciation, gender: IN-di-kum, neuter

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

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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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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