Species Arenibacter echinorum

Name: Arenibacter echinorum Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: e.chi.no’rum. L. gen. masc. pl. n. echinorum, of sea urchins

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-re-ni-BAK-ter e-k^hi-NO-rum, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23522; KCTC 22013; KMM 6032; LMG 22574

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF536748 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Lysenko AM, Lee KH, Bae KS, Mikhailov VV. Arenibacter echinorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2655-2659. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 In the paper by Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007, the etymology is erroneously cited as follows: L. gen. pl. n. echinorum of sea urchins; N.L. gen. n. echinorum bacterium isolated from sea urchins. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Arenibacter Ivanova et al. 2001

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Lysenko AM, Lee KH, Bae KS, Mikhailov VV. Arenibacter echinorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2655-2659. 🇷🇺

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