Name: Chromohalobacter marismortui (ex Elazari-Volcani 1940) Ventosa et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ma.ris.mor’tu.i. L. neut. n. mare (gen. maris), the sea; L. masc. adj. mortuus, dead; N.L. gen. neut. n. marismortui, of the Dead Sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 17056; CCM 3518; DSM 6770; JCM 21220; LMG 3935; NBRC 103155

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16S rRNA gene: AB681964 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Garcia MT, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Classification of "Chromobacterium marismortui" in a new genus, Chromohalobacter gen. nov., as Chromohalobacter marismortui comb. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:382-386.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989. Publication: Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Garcia MT, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Classification of "Chromobacterium marismortui" in a new genus, Chromohalobacter gen. nov., as Chromohalobacter marismortui comb. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:382-386.
  • 😷 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 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Garcia MT, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Classification of "Chromobacterium marismortui" in a new genus, Chromohalobacter gen. nov., as Chromohalobacter marismortui comb. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:382-386.

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Record number: 774704