Name: Cystobacter fuscus Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fus’cus. L. masc. adj. fuscus, dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25194; DSM 2262

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP306730 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cystobacter Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 19 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Cystobacter Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schroeter J. Schizomycetes (1886), pp. 131-256. In: Cohn F (eds), Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien, Band 3, Heft 3, Pilze, Max Müller, Breslau, 1889, p. 1-814.

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Record number: 775372