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Species Arthrobacter duodecadis
Name: Arthrobacter duodecadis Lochhead 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: du.o.de’ca.dis. L. fem. n. duodecas, the number twelve; L. gen. fem. n. duodecadis, of twelve, referring to the requirement of the organism for vitamin B12
Type strain: ATCC 13347; CIP 102696; DSM 12806; IAM 14868; IFO 12959; JCM 11564; LMG 17308; NBRC 12959; NCIB 9222; NCIMB 9222; VKM Ac-1108
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB072496
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Lochhead AG. Two new species of Arthrobacter requiring respectively vitamin B12 and the terregens factor. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1958; 31:163-170. 
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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Phycicoccus duodecadis (Lochhead 1958) Nouioui et al. 2018
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Tetrasphaera duodecadis (Lochhead 1958) Ishikawa and Yokota 2006 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name Phycicoccus duodecadis (Lochhead 1958) Nouioui et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Arthrobacter duodecadis 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 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lochhead AG. Two new species of Arthrobacter requiring respectively vitamin B12 and the terregens factor. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1958; 31:163-170.
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Record number: 773403
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