Name: Arcanobacterium pluranimalium Lawson et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plur.an.im.al’i.um. L. gen. neut. n. pluris, many; L. gen. neut. pl. n. animalium, from animals; N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. pluranimalium, from many animals

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 42575; CIP 106442; DSM 13483; M430/94/2

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16S rRNA gene: AJ250959 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lawson PA, Falsen E, Foster G, Eriksson E, Weiss N, Collins MD. Arcanobacterium pluranimalium sp. nov., isolated from porpoise and deer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:55-59. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this new species is not validly published, because the protologue of the effective publication makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, another recognized culture collection in a different country is cited in the abstract. According to the Judicial Opinion 81, Arcanobacterium pluranimalium Lawson et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The etymology of the specific epithet should be changed from L. adj. pluris (sic), many to L. comp. pl. plures, more, several, many. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.

Parent taxon: Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983

Assigned by: Lawson PA, Falsen E, Foster G, Eriksson E, Weiss N, Collins MD. Arcanobacterium pluranimalium sp. nov., isolated from porpoise and deer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:55-59. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 773357