Species Arthrobacter albus

Name: Arthrobacter albus Wauters et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white, because of the white colonies of the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ar-t^hro-BAK-ter AL-bus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-273; CCM 4905; CCUG 43812; CF43; CIP 106791; DSM 13068; JCM 11943; KCTC 9908

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ243421 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wauters G, Charlier J, Janssens M, Delmee M. Identification of Arthrobacter oxydans, Arthrobacter luteolus sp. nov., and Arthrobacter albus sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:2412-2415. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 76. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1699-1700.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pseudoglutamicibacter albus (Wauters et al. 2000) Busse 2016

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pseudoglutamicibacter albus (Wauters et al. 2000) Busse 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Arthrobacter albus 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 Arthrobacter.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wauters G, Charlier J, Janssens M, Delmee M. Identification of Arthrobacter oxydans, Arthrobacter luteolus sp. nov., and Arthrobacter albus sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:2412-2415. 🇧🇪

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Species Arthrobacter albus