Name: Rhabdochromatium marinum Dilling et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’num. L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 8315; CIP 104884; DSM 5261

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X84316 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dilling W, Liesack W, Pfennig N. Rhabdochromatium marinum gen. nom. rev., sp. nov., a purple sulfur bacterium from a salt marsh microbial mat. Arch. Microbiol. 1995; 164:125-131.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhabdochromatium (ex Winogradsky 1888) Dilling et al. 1996. Publication: Dilling W, Liesack W, Pfennig N. Rhabdochromatium marinum gen. nom. rev., sp. nov., a purple sulfur bacterium from a salt marsh microbial mat. Arch. Microbiol. 1995; 164:125-131.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhabdochromatium (ex Winogradsky 1888) Dilling et al. 1996

Assigned by: Dilling W, Liesack W, Pfennig N. Rhabdochromatium marinum gen. nom. rev., sp. nov., a purple sulfur bacterium from a salt marsh microbial mat. Arch. Microbiol. 1995; 164:125-131.

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