Name: Arcticiflavibacter luteus Liu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’te.us. L. masc. adj. luteus, yellow, referring to yellow colour of colonies

Pronunciation, gender: LU-te-us, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 32514; MCCC 1K00234; SM1212

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF711856 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu C, Zhang XY, Wen XR, Shi M, Chen XL, Su HN. Arcticiflavibacter luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from intertidal sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:144-149.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Psychroserpens luteus (Liu et al. 2016) Ping et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Psychroserpens luteus (Liu et al. 2016) Ping et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Arcticiflavibacter Liu et al. 2016. Publication: Liu C, Zhang XY, Wen XR, Shi M, Chen XL, Su HN. Arcticiflavibacter luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from intertidal sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:144-149.
  • ❗ Arcticiflavibacter luteus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Arcticiflavibacter.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Arcticiflavibacter Liu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Liu C, Zhang XY, Wen XR, Shi M, Chen XL, Su HN. Arcticiflavibacter luteus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from intertidal sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:144-149.

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Record number: 793741