Species Arthrobacter flavescens

Name: Arthrobacter flavescens Lochhead 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla.ves’cens. L. inf. v. flavescere, to become golden yellow; L. masc. part. adj. flavescens, becoming golden yellow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ar-t^hro-BAK-ter fla-WES-kens, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13348; CCUG 29000; CIP 102401; DSM 20643; HAMBI 1909; IFO 15039; JCM 11568; JCM 3877; LMG 3028; NBIMCC 2370; NBRC 15039; NCIB 9221; NCIMB 9221; VKM Ac-1415

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y17232 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: Microbacterium flavescens (Lochhead 1958) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Microbacterium flavescens (Lochhead 1958) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Aureobacterium flavescens (Lochhead 1958) Collins et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Arthrobacter flavescens 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 15 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 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: 773404

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Species Arthrobacter flavescens