Species Malaciobacter halophilus

Name: Malaciobacter halophilus corrig. (Donachie et al. 2005) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Arcobacter halophilus Donachie et al. 2005

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ma-la-ki-o-BAK-ter ha-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1022; CIP 108450; DSM 18005; LA31B

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG195897 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 halophilus Donachie et al. 2005

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arcobacter halophilus Donachie et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Malacobacter halophilus (Donachie et al. 2005) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Malaciobacter 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. 🇪🇸
  • ❗ Malaciobacter halophilus 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 Malaciobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 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 species itself.

Parent taxon: Malaciobacter 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. 🇪🇸

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.798492Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 798492