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WoRMS taxon details

Chlorobium (Nadson, 1906) emend. Imhoff, 2003

AphiaID

564145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564145)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chlorobiaceae Copeland, 1956

Direct children (3)

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Species Chlorobium bathyomarinum Beatty, Overmann, Lince, Manske, Lang, Blankenship, Van Dover, Martinson & Plumley, 2005
Species Chlorobium maris (Pfennig, 1968) emend. Imhoff, 2003
Species Chlorobium phaeovibrioides (Pfennig, 1968) emend. Imhoff, 2003

Environment

marine, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Chlorobium (Nadson, 1906) emend. Imhoff, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564145 on 2026-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-03 08:18:18Z

created

Trias Verbeeck, Aina

2012-07-05 12:00:47Z

checked

Guiry, Michael D.

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Nomenclature

basis of record Nadson, G.A. "The morphology of inferior algae. III. Chlorobium limicola Nads., the green chlorophyll bearing microbe." Bull. Jard. Bot. St. Petersp. (1906) 6:190. [details]

Other

additional source Imhoff, J.F. (2003) "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. 53:941-951. Published online 6 December 2002: DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02403-0, available online at http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/53/4/941 [details]