Name: Luteolibacter arcticus Kim et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. arcticus, northern, arctic, referring to the site from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2014275; LMG 28638; MC 3726

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP101281 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim M, Pak S, Rim S, Ren L, Jiang F, Chang X, Liu P, Zhang Y, Fang C, Zheng C, et al. Luteolibacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from high Arctic tundra soil, and emended description of the genus Luteolibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1922-1928.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07756 (N = 1).
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Luteolibacter Yoon et al. 2008

Assigned by: Kim M, Pak S, Rim S, Ren L, Jiang F, Chang X, Liu P, Zhang Y, Fang C, Zheng C, et al. Luteolibacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from high Arctic tundra soil, and emended description of the genus Luteolibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1922-1928.

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Record number: 792861