Thermochromatium

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Thermochromatium Imhoff et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermochromatium tepidum (Madigan 1986) Imhoff et al. 1998.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Tch. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. n. Chromatium, a genus name; N.L. neut. n. Thermochromatium, the hot 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

Thermochromatium tepidum (Madigan 1986) Imhoff et al. 1998, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MC = ATCC 43061 = DSM 3771.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M59150.
Basonym: ¤ Chromatium tepidum Madigan 1986.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. tepidum, moderately warm, lukewarm.
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

Note: The type strains ATCC 43061 and DSM 3771 are not available.
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2013, 36, 69-73.
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