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Species Arthrobacter psychrochitiniphilus
Name: Arthrobacter psychrochitiniphilus Wang et al. 2009
Etymology: psy.chro.chi.ti.ni.phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. neut. n. chitinum, chitin; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. psychrochitiniphilus, a cold, chitin-loving bacterium
Type strain: CGMCC 1.6355; DSM 23143; GP3; JCM 13874
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB588633
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Wang F, Gai Y, Chen M, Xiao X. Arthrobacter psychrochitiniphilus sp. nov., a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2759-2762. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 7 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:
Wang F, Gai Y, Chen M, Xiao X. Arthrobacter psychrochitiniphilus sp. nov., a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2759-2762.
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Record number: 788165
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