Name: Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ar.co.bac’ter. L. masc. n. arcus, bow (also as genitive); N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Arcobacter, a curved rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Arcobacter-)

Type species: Arcobacter nitrofigilis (McClung et al. 1983) Vandamme et al. 1991

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Falsen E, Rossau R, Hoste B, Segers P, Tytgat R, De Ley J. Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:88-103.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoarcobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Poseidonibacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aliarcobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halarcobacter corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudarcobacter corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Malaciobacter corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haloarcobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Malacobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Aliarcobacter" Perez-Cataluna et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Vandamme et al. 1992 Vandamme P, Vancanneyt M, Pot B, Mels L, Hoste B, Dewettinck D, Vlaes L, van den Borre C, Higgins R, Hommez J, et al. Polyphasic taxonomic study of the emended genus Arcobacter with Arcobacter butzleri comb. nov. and Arcobacter skirrowii sp. nov., an aerotolerant bacterium isolated from veterinary specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:344-356. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:656.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2013 Sasi Jyothsna TS, Rahul K, Ramaprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Arcobacter anaerophilus sp. nov., isolated from an estuarine sediment and emended description of the genus Arcobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4619-4625. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018 Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Lema A, Romalde JL, Figueras MJ. Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2077. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 16 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Arcobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🧕 Vandamme and De Ley (1991) assigned this genus to the family Campylobacteraceae Vandamme and De Ley 1991. Publication: Vandamme P, De Ley J. Proposal for a new family, Campylobacteraceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:451-455.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Campylobacter Sebald and Véron 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: McClung CR, Patriquin DG, Davis RE. Campylobacter nitrofigilis sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium associated with roots of Spartina alterniflora Loisel. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:605-612.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Arcobactrr"; "Arcobucter"; "Areobacter"; "Arrobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Arcobacteria".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Hugo C, Nicholson A, Hahnke R, Lau EF, Holmes B, Sutcliffe I. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of aerobic Bacteroidota. Minutes of the online meeting 25 April 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6144.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria. Minutes of the meeting, 31 July 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2004; 54:291-292.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW, Miller WG. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and Related Bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, September 15th and 18th 2013, Aberdeen, Scotland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5315-5316.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Miller WG, On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: Minutes of the closed Meeting, 2 September 2009, Niigata, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2559-2560.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 21st August and 10th September 2019. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4622.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria: minutes of the closed meetings, 17 January and 31 January 2024. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6618.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Whiteduck-Leveillee et al. (2016), De Smet et al. (2011), On et al. (2021), Perez-Cataluna et al. (2019), Perez-Cataluna et al. (2019). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 30; DSM: 17; CECT: 16; CCUG: 12; CIP: 7; KCTC: 6; JCM: 5; ATCC: 5; NCTC: 4; NBRC: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 35
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 36
Total number of child taxa: 39

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Arcobacter acticola Park et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter anaerophilus Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter antarcticus (Guo et al. 2019) On et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter aquimarinus Levican et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter arenosus On et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter bivalviorum Levican et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter butzleri (Kiehlbauch et al. 1991) Vandamme et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter caeni Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter canalis Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter cibarius Houf et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter cloacae Levican et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter cryaerophilus (Neill et al. 1985) Vandamme et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter defluvii Collado et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter ebronensis Levican et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter ellisii Figueras et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter faecis Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Arcobacter halophilus Donachie et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter iocasae Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter lacus Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter lanthieri Whiteduck-Léveillée et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter lekithochrous Diéguez et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter marinus Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter molluscorum Figueras et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter mytili Collado et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter nitrofigilis (McClung et al. 1983) Vandamme et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter pacificus Zhang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter parvus (Kim et al. 2021) On et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Arcobacter peruensis" Callbeck et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Arcobacter porcinus" Figueras et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Arcobacter roscoffensis Pascual et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter skirrowii Vandamme et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter suis Levican et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Arcobacter sulfidicus" Wirsen et al. 2002	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Arcobacter thereius Houf et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter trophiarum De Smet et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter vandammei Kerkhof et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter venerupis Levican et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Arcobacter vitoriensis (Alonso et al. 2021) On et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Arcobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.

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