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Species Arthrobacter pascens
Name: Arthrobacter pascens Lochhead and Burton 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: pa’scens. L. masc. part. adj. pascens, feeding, nourishing
Type strain: ATCC 13346; CCUG 23843; CIP 102362; DSM 20545; HAMBI 1862; IFO 12139; JCM 11606; LMG 16255; NBRC 12139; NRRL B-1814; VKM Ac-1116
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X80740
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Lochhead AG, Burton MO. An essential bacterial growth factor produced by microbial synthesis. Canadian Journal of Botany 1953; 31:7-22. 
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 28 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:
Lochhead AG, Burton MO. An essential bacterial growth factor produced by microbial synthesis. Canadian Journal of Botany 1953; 31:7-22.
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Record number: 773428
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