Name: Larkinella arboricola Kulichevskaya et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.bo.ri’cola. L. fem. n. arbor, wood; L. inf. v. colere, inhabit; N.L. masc./fem. n. arboricola, inhabiting wood

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21851; VKM B-2528; Z-0532

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN391025 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Zaichikova MV, Detkova EN, Dedysh SN, Zavarzin GA. Larkinella arboricola sp. nov., a new spiral-shaped bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from the microbial community of decomposing wood. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2009; 78:741-746.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 133. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1009-1010.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21888 (N = 15).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Larkinella Vancanneyt et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kulichevskaya IS, Zaichikova MV, Detkova EN, Dedysh SN, Zavarzin GA. Larkinella arboricola sp. nov., a new spiral-shaped bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from the microbial community of decomposing wood. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2009; 78:741-746.

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