Name: Cystobacter armeniaca Reichenbach 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.me.ni’a.ca. L. fem. n. armeniaca, an apricot-tree (nominative in apposition), intended to mean apricot-colored (sic)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Cb a1; CIP 109127; DSM 14710; JCM 12622

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ768107 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cystobacter Schroeter 1886, 170AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1086-1096.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The type strain CIP 109127 has been provided on request for validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Parent taxon: Cystobacter Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cystobacter Schroeter 1886, 170AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1086-1096.

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