Name: Pelodictyon phaeum Gorlenko 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phae’um. Gr. masc. adj. phaios, dark, brown; N.L. neut. adj. phaeum, brown

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … P^HA͡E-um, neuter

Type strain: DSM 728

Effective publication: Gorlenko VM. A new species of phototrophic rown sulfur bacteria Pelodictyon phaeum nov. spec. Mikrobiologiya 1972; 41:370-371.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Not available in DSMZ.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as 370-372. — In July 2003, Imhoff proposed that the type species of Pelodictyon be transferred to the Chlorobium. This author did not, however, make any proposal regarding the transfer of Pelodictyon phaeum to either Chlorobium or another genus. — Yarza P. Personal communication, 2012-03-04.

Parent taxon: Pelodictyon Lauterborn 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gorlenko VM. A new species of phototrophic rown sulfur bacteria Pelodictyon phaeum nov. spec. Mikrobiologiya 1972; 41:370-371.

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