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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Arcobacter lacus

Name: Arcobacter lacus Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la’cus. L. gen. masc. n. lacus, of a lake or pond, referring to the isolation of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ar-ko-BAK-ter LA-kus, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8994; LMG 29062; RW43-9

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16S rRNA gene: LT629997 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Figueras MJ. Arcobacter lacus sp. nov. and Arcobacter caeni sp. nov., two novel species isolated from reclaimed water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3326-3331. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:705-707.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991

Assigned by: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Figueras MJ. Arcobacter lacus sp. nov. and Arcobacter caeni sp. nov., two novel species isolated from reclaimed water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3326-3331. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 5585

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