Name: Arsenicicoccus dermatophilus Gobeli et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: der.ma.to’phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. derma (gen. dermatos), skin; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. dermatophilus, skin loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCOS 690; CCUG 62181; DSM 25571; KM 894/11

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE580230 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gobeli S, Thomann A, Wyss F, Kuehni-Boghenbor K, Brodard I, Perreten V. Arsenicicoccus dermatophilus sp. nov., a hypha-forming bacterium isolated from the skin of greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) with pododermatitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4046-4051.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Arsenicicoccus Collins et al. 2004

Assigned by: Gobeli S, Thomann A, Wyss F, Kuehni-Boghenbor K, Brodard I, Perreten V. Arsenicicoccus dermatophilus sp. nov., a hypha-forming bacterium isolated from the skin of greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) with pododermatitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4046-4051.

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Record number: 791285