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

Gender: feminine

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

See detailed strain information at

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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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