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Genus Crystallibacter
Name: Crystallibacter Plotnikova et al. 2025
Etymology: Crys.tal.li.bac’ter. L. neut. n. crystallum, a crystal; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Crystallibacter, referring to the original name of species (crystallopoietes) first described among species of this genus
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Crystallibacter-), krys-tal-li-BAK-ter
Type species: Crystallibacter crystallopoietes corrig. (Ensign and Rittenberg 1963) Plotnikova et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Plotnikova EG, Ariskina EV, Yastrebova OV, Potekhina NV, Avtukh AN, Tarlachkov SV, Starodumova IP, Dorofeeva LV, Evtushenko LI. Proposal of Crystallibacter gen. nov., Crystallibacter permensis sp. nov. and Crystallibacter degradans sp. nov. for the salt-tolerant and aromatics degrading actinobacteria, and reclassification of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes as Crystallibacter crystallifaciens comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:40. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
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Notes:
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Ensign JC, Rittenberg SC. A CRYSTALLINE PIGMENT PRODUCED FROM 2-HYDROXYPYRIDINE BY ARTHROBACTER CRYSTALLOPOIETES N.SP. Arch Mikrobiol 1963; 47:137-153.
- ❗ Crystallibacter is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; LMG: 4; VKM: 4; IFO: 2; NBRC: 2; JCM: 2; DSM: 2; NCIMB: 2; CIP: 2; B: 1.
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Ensign JC, Rittenberg SC. A CRYSTALLINE PIGMENT PRODUCED FROM 2-HYDROXYPYRIDINE BY ARTHROBACTER CRYSTALLOPOIETES N.SP. Arch Mikrobiol 1963; 47:137-153.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Crystallibacter crystallifaciens (Ensign and Rittenberg 1963) Plotnikova et al. 2025 inaccurate spelling misspelling Crystallibacter crystallopoietes corrig. (Ensign and Rittenberg 1963) Plotnikova et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP synonym Crystallibacter degradans Plotnikova et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP orphaned species Crystallibacter permensis Plotnikova et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP orphaned species
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Parent taxon: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Plotnikova EG, Ariskina EV, Yastrebova OV, Potekhina NV, Avtukh AN, Tarlachkov SV, Starodumova IP, Dorofeeva LV, Evtushenko LI. Proposal of Crystallibacter gen. nov., Crystallibacter permensis sp. nov. and Crystallibacter degradans sp. nov. for the salt-tolerant and aromatics degrading actinobacteria, and reclassification of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes as Crystallibacter crystallifaciens comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:40.
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Record number: 56394
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