Name: Cytophaga arvensicola Oyaizu et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.ven.si’co.la. L. masc./fem. adj. arvensis, belonging to, living in the fields; from L. neut. n. arvum, a field; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. arvensicola, an inhabitant of fields

Pronunciation, gender: ar-wen-SI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51264; CIP 104804; DSM 3695; IAM 12650; IFO 14973; JCM 2836; M64; NBRC 14973

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680728 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Oyaizu H, Komagata K, Amemura A, Harada T. A succinoglycan-decomposing bacterium, Cytophaga arvensicola sp. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1982; 28:369-388.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Chitinophaga arvensicola (Oyaizu et al. 1983) Kämpfer et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chitinophaga arvensicola (Oyaizu et al. 1983) Kämpfer et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cytophaga arvensicola 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 Cytophaga.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Oyaizu H, Komagata K, Amemura A, Harada T. A succinoglycan-decomposing bacterium, Cytophaga arvensicola sp. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1982; 28:369-388.

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