Name: Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens (Krebs and Eggleston 1939) Busse 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Corynebacterium ureafaciens" Krebs and Eggleston 1939

Etymology: u.re.a.fa’ci.ens. Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; L. v. facio, to make, to produce; N.L. part. adj. ureafaciens, urea-producing [probably better: ureifaciens]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 7562; CIP 67.3; DSM 20126; IFO 12140; JCM 1337; LMG 3812; NBRC 12140; VKM Ac-1121

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80744 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Busse HJ. Review of the taxonomy of the genus Arthrobacter, emendation of the genus Arthrobacter sensu lato, proposal to reclassify selected species of the genus Arthrobacter in the novel genera Glutamicibacter gen. nov., Paeniglutamicibacter gen. nov., Pseudoglutamicibacter gen. nov., Paenarthrobacter gen. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter gen. nov., and emended description of Arthrobacter roseus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:9-37.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Corynebacterium ureafaciens" Krebs and Eggleston 1939	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Arthrobacter ureafaciens (Krebs and Eggleston 1939) Clark 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07677 (N = 16).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Paenarthrobacter Busse 2016

Assigned by: Busse HJ. Review of the taxonomy of the genus Arthrobacter, emendation of the genus Arthrobacter sensu lato, proposal to reclassify selected species of the genus Arthrobacter in the novel genera Glutamicibacter gen. nov., Paeniglutamicibacter gen. nov., Pseudoglutamicibacter gen. nov., Paenarthrobacter gen. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter gen. nov., and emended description of Arthrobacter roseus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:9-37.

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