Chlorobaculum limnaeum

Taxonomy ID: 274537 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:274537)

current name

Chlorobaculum limnaeum  Imhoff 2025 in [Validation List No. 222 (2025)]

type strain of Chlorobaculum limnaeum: DSM : 1677 , NBRC : 108881

homotypic synonym:

"Chlorobaculum limnaeum"  Imhoff 2003 , effective name  ¹⁾ in [Imhoff JF (2003)]

NCBI BLAST name: green sulfur bacteria
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; FCB group; Bacteroidota/Chlorobiota group; Chlorobiota; Chlorobiia; Chlorobiales; Chlorobiaceae; Chlorobaculum

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Imhoff JF (2003) , Pubmed: abstract Imhoff, J.F. "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2003) 53(4):941-951.

Validation List No. 222 (2025) , Pubmed: abstract Validation List no. 222: "Valid publication of new names and new combinations effectively published outside the IJSEM." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2025) 75(3):006640.

Euzeby JP & Tindall BJ (2004) Euzeby, J.P. and Tindall, B.J. "Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an Opinion." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004) 54(1):293-301.

Imhoff JF (2003) Imhoff, J.F. "Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2003) 53(4):941-951.

JUDICIAL OPINION 81 (2008) Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. "Status of strains that contravene Rules 27 (3) and 30 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Opinion 81." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58(7):1755-1763.

Tank M et al. (2017) Tank, M., Liu, Z., Frigaard, N.-U., Tomsho, L.P., Schuster, S.C., and Bryant, D.A. "Complete genome sequence of the photoautotrophic and bacteriochlorophyll e-synthesizing green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum DSM 1677T." Genome Announc. (2017) 5(24):e00529-17.