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Species Arthrobacter citreus
Name: Arthrobacter citreus Sacks 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: ci’tre.us. L. masc. adj. citreus, of or pertaining to the citron-tree, intended to mean lemon-yellow, lemon-colored
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KI-tre-us, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 11624; CCUG 23840; CIP 102363; DSM 20133; HAMBI 89; IFO 12957; JCM 1331; LMG 16338; NBRC 12957; NRRL B-1258; VKM Ac-1106
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X80737
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Sacks LE. Observations on the morphogenesis of Arthrobacter citreus, spec nov. J Bacteriol 1954; 67:342-345. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2023-10-29. 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 35 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Sacks LE. Observations on the morphogenesis of Arthrobacter citreus, spec nov. J Bacteriol 1954; 67:342-345.
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Record number: 773397
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