Chelatococcus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Chelatococcus

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chelatococcus asaccharovorans Auling et al. 1993.
Etymology: N.L. v. chelato (from Gr. n. chele, claw), to form claw-like complexes with divalent cations, i.e. to chelate; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), berry and, in bacteriology, a coccus; N.L. masc. n. Chelatococcus, chelating coccus.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 46. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 624-625. [AULING (G.), BUSSE (H.J.), EGLI (T.), EL-BANNA (T.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Description of the gram-negative, obligately aerobic, nitrilotriacetate (NTA)-utilizing bacteria as Chelatobacter heintzii, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Chelatococcus asaccharovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 16, 104-112.]
Validation List N° 46 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

---> Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993 emend. Yoon et al. 2008.
Type species: ¤ Chelatococcus asaccharovorans Auling et al. 1993.
Etymology: N.L. v. chelato (from Gr. n. chele, claw), to form claw-like complexes with divalent cations, i.e. to chelate; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), berry and, in bacteriology, a coccus; N.L. masc. n. Chelatococcus, chelating coccus.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), IM (W.T.), LEE (S.T.) and OH (T.K.): Chelatococcus daeguensis sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a textile dye works, and emended description of the genus Chelatococcus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2224-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chelatococcus asaccharovorans Auling et al. 1993, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TE2 = ATCC 51531 = DSM 6462.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ294349.
Etymology: Gr. pref. a, not; Gr. n. sakchâr, sugar; L. v. voro, to eat, to devour; N.L. part. adj. asaccharovorans, not devouring sugars.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 46. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 624-625. [AULING (G.), BUSSE (H.J.), EGLI (T.), EL-BANNA (T.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Description of the gram-negative, obligately aerobic, nitrilotriacetate (NTA)-utilizing bacteria as Chelatobacter heintzii, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Chelatococcus asaccharovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 16, 104-112.]
Validation List N° 46 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Chelatococcus daeguensis Yoon et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain K106 = CCUG 54519 = KCTC 12979.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF584507.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. daeguensis, of Daegu, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), IM (W.T.), LEE (S.T.) and OH (T.K.): Chelatococcus daeguensis sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a textile dye works, and emended description of the genus Chelatococcus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2224-2228.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chelatococcus sambhunathii Panday and Das 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HT4 = DSM 18167 = JCM 14988.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ322070.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. sambhunathii, of Sambhunath, named after Dr Sambhunath De, an eminent microbiologist in India.
Reference: PANDAY (D.) and DAS (S.K.): Chelatococcus sambhunathii sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from hot spring sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 861-865.
Original article in IJSEM Online