Name: Larkinella arboricola Kulichevskaya et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lar-ki-NEL-la ar-bo-RI-ko-la, feminine

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

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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 = 16).
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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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