Name: Arcobacter cryaerophilus (Neill et al. 1985) Vandamme et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Campylobacter cryaerophilus corrig. Neill et al. 1985

Etymology: cry.ae.ro.phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. kryos, icy cold, frost; Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. cryaerophilus, friend of cold and air

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 02766; A169/B; ATCC 43158; CCUG 17801; CIP 104014; DSM 7289; LMG 7536; LMG 9904; NCTC 11885; Neill A 169/B

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG195893 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Falsen E, Rossau R, Hoste B, Segers P, Tytgat R, De Ley J. Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:88-103.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Campylobacter cryaerophila Neill et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Aliarcobacter cryaerophilus" (Neill et al. 1985) Perez-Cataluna et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Aliarcobacter cryaerophilus (Neill et al. 1985) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Campylobacter cryaerophilus corrig. Neill et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 135 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991

Assigned by: Vandamme P, Falsen E, Rossau R, Hoste B, Segers P, Tytgat R, De Ley J. Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:88-103.

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Record number: 773367