Species Phaeospirillum chandramohanii

Name: Phaeospirillum chandramohanii Anil Kumar et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: chan.dra.mo.ha’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. chandramohanii, of Chandramohan, named after Dr D. Chandramohan, an Indian marine microbiologist, who has played a crucial role in transforming microbiological research at the National Institute of Oceanography, India into technologically rewarding activities

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ha͡e-o-spi-RIL-lum k^han-dra-mo-HA-ni-i, neuter

Type strain: JA145; JCM 14933; KCTC 5703; NBRC 104961

16S rRNA gene: AM779061 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anil Kumar P, Srinivas TN, Takaichi S, Maoka T, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Phaeospirillum chandramohanii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium with carotenoid glycosides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2089-2093. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Magnetospirillum chandramohanii" (Anil Kumar et al. 2009) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Phaeospirillum chandramohanii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Phaeospirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with Magnetospirillum and should be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Phaeospirillum Imhoff et al. 1998

Assigned by: Anil Kumar P, Srinivas TN, Takaichi S, Maoka T, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Phaeospirillum chandramohanii sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium with carotenoid glycosides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2089-2093. 🇮🇳

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.788061Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 788061