Name: Arcicella rigui Chen et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ri’gu.i. L. gen. masc. n. rigui, of a well-water place, referring to the site of isolation of the type strain, the Niaosong wetland, Taiwan

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80260; KCTC 23307; NSW-5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM357635 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Yang SH, Young CC, Sheu SY. Arcicella rigui sp. nov., isolated from water of a wetland, and emended descriptions of the genus Arcicella, Arcicella aquatica, Arcicella rosea and Arcicella aurantiaca. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:134-140.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24208 (N = 5).
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Arcicella Nikitin et al. 2004

Assigned by: Chen WM, Yang SH, Young CC, Sheu SY. Arcicella rigui sp. nov., isolated from water of a wetland, and emended descriptions of the genus Arcicella, Arcicella aquatica, Arcicella rosea and Arcicella aurantiaca. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:134-140.

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Record number: 790408