Species Arcobacter skirrowii

Name: Arcobacter skirrowii Vandamme et al. 1992

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: skir.ro’wi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. skirrowii, of Skirrow, in honor of Martin B. Skirrow, a British microbiologist who was the first to describe a simple isolation method for Campylobacter jejuni obtained from stool specimens, which enabled most laboratories to routinely culture the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ar-ko-BAK-ter skir-RO-wi-i, masculine

Type strain: 449/80; ATCC 51132; CCUG 10374; CIP 103538; CIP 103588; DSM 7302; LMG 6621; NCTC 12713; Skirrow 449/80

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ464344 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Vancanneyt M, Pot B, Mels L, Hoste B, Dewettinck D, Vlaes L, van den Borre C, Higgins R, Hommez J, et al. Polyphasic taxonomic study of the emended genus Arcobacter with Arcobacter butzleri comb. nov. and Arcobacter skirrowii sp. nov., an aerotolerant bacterium isolated from veterinary specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:344-356. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Aliarcobacter skirrowii" (Vandamme et al. 1992) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Aliarcobacter skirrowii (Vandamme et al. 1992) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, 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 = "PIIC PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+". — 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 64 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Arcobacter Vandamme et al. 1991

Assigned by: Vandamme P, Vancanneyt M, Pot B, Mels L, Hoste B, Dewettinck D, Vlaes L, van den Borre C, Higgins R, Hommez J, et al. Polyphasic taxonomic study of the emended genus Arcobacter with Arcobacter butzleri comb. nov. and Arcobacter skirrowii sp. nov., an aerotolerant bacterium isolated from veterinary specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:344-356. 🇧🇪

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