Name: Aquaspirillum arcticum Butler et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. arcticum, of the Arctic, where the species was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49402; DSM 6444; JCM 21435; Res-10

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB074523 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Butler BJ, McCallum KL, Inniss WE. Characterization of Aquaspirillum arcticum sp. nov., a new psychrophilic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:263-266.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is classified as Chromobacteriaceae and may be reclassified as Oxalobacteraceae". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Aquaspirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Butler BJ, McCallum KL, Inniss WE. Characterization of Aquaspirillum arcticum sp. nov., a new psychrophilic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:263-266.

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Record number: 773319