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Species Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus
Name: Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus Loveland-Curtze et al. 2000
Etymology: psy.chro.lac.to’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. neut. n. lac (gen. lactis), milk; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. psychrolactophilus, a cold, milk (sugar)-loving (bacterium)
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … psy-khro-lak-TO-phi-lus, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 700733; B 7; DSM 15612; JCM 12399
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF134179
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Loveland-Curtze J, Sheridan PP, Gutshall KR, Brenchley JE. Biochemical and phylogenetic analyses of psychrophilic isolates belonging to the Arthrobacter subgroup and description of Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus, sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1999; 171:355-363. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 72. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:3-4.
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 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 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:
Loveland-Curtze J, Sheridan PP, Gutshall KR, Brenchley JE. Biochemical and phylogenetic analyses of psychrophilic isolates belonging to the Arthrobacter subgroup and description of Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus, sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1999; 171:355-363. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 773433
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