Species Arsenicicoccus cauae

Name: Arsenicicoccus cauae Kweon et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: cau’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. cauae, of CAU referring to Chung-Ang University or Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ar-se-ni-ki-KOK-kus KA͡U-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: JCM 34624; MKL-02; NCCP 16967

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN629181 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kweon OJ, Kim KH, Kim HM, Khan SA, Jeong JH, Lim YK, Kim HR, Jeon CO, Lee MK. Arsenicicoccus cauae sp. nov., isolated from the blood of a pediatric gastroenteritis patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5381. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5476.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 1 time 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.

Parent taxon: Arsenicicoccus Collins et al. 2004

Assigned by: Kweon OJ, Kim KH, Kim HM, Khan SA, Jeong JH, Lim YK, Kim HR, Jeon CO, Lee MK. Arsenicicoccus cauae sp. nov., isolated from the blood of a pediatric gastroenteritis patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5381. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 28931