Marichromatium

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Marichromatium Imhoff et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Marichromatium gracile (Strzeszewski 1913) Imhoff et al. 1998.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Mch. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: L. n. mare -is, the sea; N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Marichromatium, the Chromatium of the sea, the truly marine Chromatium.
Reference: IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and PETRI (R.): Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1129-1143.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Marichromatium bheemlicum Anil Kumar et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA124 = ATCC BAA-1316 = JCM 13911.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM180952.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. bheemlicum, pertaining to Bheemli, the place from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: ANIL KUMAR (P.), SASI JYOTHSNA (T.S.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), SASIKALA (C.), RAMANA (C.V.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Marichromatium bheemlicum sp. nov., a non-diazotrophic, photosynthetic gammaproteobacterium from a marine aquaculture pond. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1261-1265.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Marichromatium fluminis Sucharita et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA418 = KCTC 5717 = NBRC 105221.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FM210274.
Etymology: L. n. flumen -inis, a river; L. gen. n. fluminis, of a river, referring to the isolation of the type strain from sediment of the Baitarani River, located in Kalibanj forest, Orissa, India.
Reference: SUCHARITA (K.), SHIVA KUMAR (E.), SASIKALA (C.), PANDA (B.B.), TAKAICHI (S.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Marichromatium fluminis sp. nov., a slightly alkaliphilic, phototrophic gammaproteobacterium isolated from river sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1103-1107.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> ¤ Phaeochromatium fluminis (Sucharita et al. 2010) Shivali et al. 2012, comb. nov.

Marichromatium gracile (Strzeszewski 1913) Imhoff et al. 1998, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 8611 = DSM 203.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X93473.
Basonym: ¤ Chromatium gracile Strzeszewski 1913 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. neut. adj. gracile, thin, slender.
Reference: IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and PETRI (R.): Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1129-1143.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Marichromatium indicum Arunasri et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA100 = ATCC BAA-741 = DSM 15907 = JCM 12653.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ543328.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. indicum, Indian, pertaining to India, the country in which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: ARUNASRI (K.), SASIKALA (C.), RAMANA (C.V.), SÜLING (J.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Marichromatium indicum sp. nov., a novel purple sulfur gammaproteobacterium from mangrove soil of Goa, India. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 673-679.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Marichromatium purpuratum (Imhoff and Trüper 1980) Imhoff et al. 1998, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 984 = BN 5500 = DSM 1591.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ224439.
Basonym: ¤ Chromatium purpuratum Imhoff and Trüper 1980.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. purpuratum, clad in purple, dressed in purple.
Reference: IMHOFF (J.F.), SÜLING (J.) and PETRI (R.): Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1129-1143.
Original article in IJSEM Online