Name: Aliarcobacter skirrowii (Vandamme et al. 1992) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arcobacter skirrowii Vandamme et al. 1992

Etymology: skir.ro’wi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. skirrowii, referring to Skirrow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … skir-RO-wi-i, masculine

Type strain: 449/80; ATCC 51132; CCUG 10374; CIP 103538; CIP 103588; DSM 7302; LMG 6621; NCTC 12713; Skirrow 449/80

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ464344 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Lema A, Romalde JL, Figueras MJ. Corrigendum (2): Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2253. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Arcobacter skirrowii Vandamme et al. 1992

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Aliarcobacter skirrowii" (Vandamme et al. 1992) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Arcobacter skirrowii Vandamme et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aliarcobacter skirrowii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aliarcobacter.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Arcobacter skirrowii Vandamme et al. 1992, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Aliarcobacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020

Assigned by: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Lema A, Romalde JL, Figueras MJ. Corrigendum (2): Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2253. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 5967