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Species Arthrobacter polychromogenes

Name: Arthrobacter polychromogenes Schippers-Lammertse et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.chro.mo’ge.nes Gr. adj. polu, many; Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. part. adj. polychromogenes, producing many colors

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15216; CIP 106989; DSM 20136; IFO 15512; JCM 2523; LMG 3821; NBRC 15512; VKM Ac-1955

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16S rRNA gene: MT760382 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Schippers-Lammertse AF, Muijsers AO, Klatser-Oedekerk KB. Arthrobacter polychromogenes nov spec., its pigments and a bacteriophage of this species. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1963; 29:1-15.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudarthrobacter polychromogenes (Schippers-Lammertse et al. 1963) Busse 2016

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Schippers-Lammertse AF, Muijsers AO, Klatser-Oedekerk KB. Arthrobacter polychromogenes nov spec., its pigments and a bacteriophage of this species. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1963; 29:1-15.

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