Name: Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. solipictus Muir and Tan 2007

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: so.li.pic.tus. L. masc. n. sol, the sun; L. masc. adj. pictus, painted; N.L. masc. adj. solipictus, painted by the sun

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1336; DSM 18340; JCM 15573; TAN 31504

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ845457 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Muir RE, Tan MW. Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. solipictus subsp. nov., a pigmented bacterium isolated from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and emended description of L. chromiireducens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2770-2776.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

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.

Parent taxon: Leucobacter chromiireducens Morais et al. 2005

Assigned by: Muir RE, Tan MW. Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. solipictus subsp. nov., a pigmented bacterium isolated from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and emended description of L. chromiireducens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2770-2776.

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Record number: 786970