Species Crystallibacter crystallopoietes

Name: Crystallibacter crystallopoietes corrig. (Ensign and Rittenberg 1963) Plotnikova et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrobacter crystallopoietes Ensign and Rittenberg 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: crys.tal.lo.po.ie’tes. L. neut. n. crystallum, crystal; L. v. facio, to make; N.L. masc. n. crystallopoietes, crystal forming

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: krys-tal-li-BAK-ter krys-tal-lo-po-IE-tes, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 1548; ATCC 15481; CIP 102717; DSM 20117; IFO 14235; JCM 2522; LMG 3819; NBRC 14235; NCIB 9499; NCIMB 9499; VKM Ac-1107

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80738 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Plotnikova EG, Ariskina EV, Yastrebova OV, Potekhina NV, Avtukh AN, Tarlachkov SV, Starodumova IP, Dorofeeva LV, Evtushenko LI. Proposal of Crystallibacter gen. nov., Crystallibacter permensis sp. nov. and Crystallibacter degradans sp. nov. for the salt-tolerant and aromatics degrading actinobacteria, and reclassification of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes as Crystallibacter crystallifaciens comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:40. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Arthrobacter crystallopoietes Ensign and Rittenberg 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arthrobacter crystallopoietes Ensign and Rittenberg 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Crystallibacter crystallifaciens (Ensign and Rittenberg 1963) Plotnikova et al. 2025	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Crystallibacter Plotnikova et al. 2025. Publication: Plotnikova EG, Ariskina EV, Yastrebova OV, Potekhina NV, Avtukh AN, Tarlachkov SV, Starodumova IP, Dorofeeva LV, Evtushenko LI. Proposal of Crystallibacter gen. nov., Crystallibacter permensis sp. nov. and Crystallibacter degradans sp. nov. for the salt-tolerant and aromatics degrading actinobacteria, and reclassification of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes as Crystallibacter crystallifaciens comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:40. 🇷🇺
  • ❗ Crystallibacter crystallopoietes 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 Crystallibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
  • 🙅 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: Crystallibacter Plotnikova et al. 2025

Assigned by: Plotnikova EG, Ariskina EV, Yastrebova OV, Potekhina NV, Avtukh AN, Tarlachkov SV, Starodumova IP, Dorofeeva LV, Evtushenko LI. Proposal of Crystallibacter gen. nov., Crystallibacter permensis sp. nov. and Crystallibacter degradans sp. nov. for the salt-tolerant and aromatics degrading actinobacteria, and reclassification of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes as Crystallibacter crystallifaciens comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:40. 🇷🇺

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