Name: Halarcobacter bivalviorum corrig. (Levican et al. 2012) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arcobacter bivalviorum Levican et al. 2012

Etymology: bi.val.vi’o.rum. N.L. neut. pl. n. Bivalvia, scientific name of a class of molluscs; N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. bivalviorum, of bivalves of the class Bivalvia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 7835; F4; LMG 26154

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16S rRNA gene: MG195891 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Lema A, Romalde JL, Figueras MJ. Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2077.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 185. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:5-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Arcobacter bivalviorum Levican et al. 2012

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arcobacter bivalviorum Levican et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haloarcobacter bivalviorum (Levican et al. 2012) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halarcobacter corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019. Publication: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Lema A, Romalde JL, Figueras MJ. Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2077.
  • ❗ Halarcobacter bivalviorum 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 Halarcobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Halarcobacter corrig. Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019

Assigned by: Perez-Cataluna A, Salas-Masso N, Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Lema A, Romalde JL, Figueras MJ. Revisiting the Taxonomy of the Genus Arcobacter: Getting Order From the Chaos. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2077.

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Record number: 798672