Name: Arcobacter lekithochrous Diéguez et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le.ki.tho.chro’us. Gr. masc. n. lekithos, pale brown; Gr. fem. n. chroa, colour; N.L. masc. adj. lekithochrous, with pale brown colour

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8942; DSM 100870; LFT 1.7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT629298 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Magnesen T, Romalde JL. Arcobacter lekithochrous sp. nov., isolated from a molluscan hatchery. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1327-1332.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Poseidonibacter lekithochrous (Diéguez et al. 2017) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Diéguez et al. 2018 Dieguez AL, Perez-Cataluna A, Figueras MJ, Romalde JL. Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017 is a later heterotypic synonym of Arcobacter lekithochrous Dieguez et al. 2017. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2851-2854. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Dieguez et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017. Publication: Dieguez AL, Perez-Cataluna A, Figueras MJ, Romalde JL. Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017 is a later heterotypic synonym of Arcobacter lekithochrous Dieguez et al. 2017. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2851-2854.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991

Assigned by: Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Magnesen T, Romalde JL. Arcobacter lekithochrous sp. nov., isolated from a molluscan hatchery. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1327-1332.

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