Name: Arenibacter latericius Ivanova et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.te.ri’ci.us. L. masc. adj. latericius, of brick, here pertaining to the dark orange pigmentation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-re-ni-BAK-ter la-te-RI-ki-us, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 45454; CIP 106861; DSM 15913; DSM 19834; JCM 13508; KMM 426; LMG 19693; VKM B-2137D

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF052742 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ivanova EP, Nedashkovskaya OI, Chun J, Lysenko AM, Frolova GM, Svetashev VI, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV, Huq A, Colwell RR. Arenibacter gen. nov., new genus of the family flavobacteriaceae and description of a new species, Arenibacter latericius sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1987-1995. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006 Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Snauwaert C, Kim SB, Lysenko AM, Shevchenko LS, Lee KH, Park MS, Frolova GM, et al. Arenibacter palladensis sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from the green alga Ulva fenestrata, and emended description of the genus Arenibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:155-160. 🇷🇺 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Arenibacter Ivanova et al. 2001. Publication: Ivanova EP, Nedashkovskaya OI, Chun J, Lysenko AM, Frolova GM, Svetashev VI, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV, Huq A, Colwell RR. Arenibacter gen. nov., new genus of the family flavobacteriaceae and description of a new species, Arenibacter latericius sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1987-1995. 🇺🇸
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: LMG 19694.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Ivanova et al. 2001, the type strain VKM B-2137D is erroneously cited as VKM B 2137D. — The strain LMG 19694 is not the type strain of Arenibacter latericius as wrongly cited by Ivanova et al. 2001. The correct accession number is LMG 19693. — Tang J. Personal communication, 2002-04-30.

Parent taxon: Arenibacter Ivanova et al. 2001

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Nedashkovskaya OI, Chun J, Lysenko AM, Frolova GM, Svetashev VI, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV, Huq A, Colwell RR. Arenibacter gen. nov., new genus of the family flavobacteriaceae and description of a new species, Arenibacter latericius sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1987-1995. 🇺🇸

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