Name: Arcanobacterium phocisimile Hijazin et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.ci.si’mi.le. L. gen. fem. n. phocae, of a seal and also a bacterial epithet (Arcanobacterium phocae); L. neut. adj. simile, like, resembling, similar; N.L. neut. adj. phocisimile, resembling (Arcanobacterium) phocae

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 2698; CCM 8430; DSM 26142; LMG 27073

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN562996 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hijazin M, Sammra O, Ulbegi-Mohyla H, Nagib S, Alber J, Lammler C, Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ, Kassmannhuber J, et al. Arcanobacterium phocisimile sp. nov., isolated from harbour seals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2019-2024.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983

Assigned by: Hijazin M, Sammra O, Ulbegi-Mohyla H, Nagib S, Alber J, Lammler C, Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ, Kassmannhuber J, et al. Arcanobacterium phocisimile sp. nov., isolated from harbour seals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2019-2024.

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Record number: 790845