Name: Arcobacter anaerophilus Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.a.e.ro’phi.lus. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. anaerophilus, not air-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ar-ko-BAK-ter an-a-e-RO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: CECT 9783; DSM 24636; JC84; KCTC 15071; MTCC 10956

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG195889 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sasi Jyothsna TS, Rahul K, Ramaprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Arcobacter anaerophilus sp. nov., isolated from an estuarine sediment and emended description of the genus Arcobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4619-4625. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloarcobacter anaerophilus (Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2013) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Halarcobacter anaerophilus corrig. (Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2013) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • On et al. 2020 On SLW, Miller WG, Kelly DJ, Vandamme P. An emended description of Arcobacter anaerophilus Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2013: genomic and phenotypic insights. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3921-3923. 🇳🇿 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4848-4850.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991

Assigned by: Sasi Jyothsna TS, Rahul K, Ramaprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Arcobacter anaerophilus sp. nov., isolated from an estuarine sediment and emended description of the genus Arcobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4619-4625. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 791323