Name: Arcobacter nitrofigilis (McClung et al. 1983) Vandamme et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Campylobacter nitrofigilis McClung et al. 1983

Etymology: ni.tro.fi.gi.lis. L. neut. n. nitrum, native soda, natron, nitrate; L. v. figo, to fix, attach; L. masc. adj. suff. -ilis, suffix denoting an active quality, able to; N.L. masc. adj. nitrofigilis, able to fix (nitrogen as) nitrate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33309; CCUG 15892; CCUG 15893; CI; CIP 103745; DSM 7299; LMG 7604; NCTC 12251

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16S rRNA gene: L14627 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Campylobacter nitrofigilis McClung et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 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 species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Campylobacter nitrofigilis McClung et al. 1983. Publication: McClung CR, Patriquin DG, Davis RE. Campylobacter nitrofigilis sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium associated with roots of Spartina alterniflora Loisel. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:605-612.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Pati A, Gronow S, Lapidus A, Copeland A, Glavina Del Rio T, Nolan M, Lucas S, Tice H, Cheng JF, Han C, et al. Complete genome sequence of Arcobacter nitrofigilis type strain (CI). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 2:300-308.

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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