Name: Malaciobacter mytili corrig. (Collado et al. 2009) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arcobacter mytili Collado et al. 2009

Etymology: my’ti.li. N.L. gen. masc. n. mytili, of a mussel (Mytilus spp.)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 7386; DSM 23625; F2075; LMG 24559

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG195898 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

Correct name: Arcobacter mytili Collado et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Malacobacter mytili (Collado et al. 2009) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Arcobacter mytili Collado et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Malaciobacter mytili 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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.

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Record number: 798498