Name: Poseidonibacter lekithochrous (Diéguez et al. 2017) Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arcobacter lekithochrous Diéguez et al. 2017

Etymology: le.ki.tho.chro’us. Gr. masc. n. lekithos, pale brown; Gr. fem. n. chroa, colour; N.L. masc. adj. lekithochrous, with pale brown colour

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8942; DSM 100870; LFT 1.7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT629298 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 lekithochrous Diéguez et al. 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Arcobacter lekithochrous Diéguez et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Poseidonibacter 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.
  • ⏰ According to Dieguez et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017. Publication: Dieguez AL, Perez-Cataluna A, Figueras MJ, Romalde JL. Arcobacter haliotis Tanaka et al. 2017 is a later heterotypic synonym of Arcobacter lekithochrous Dieguez et al. 2017. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2851-2854.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.
  • ❗ Poseidonibacter lekithochrous 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 Poseidonibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Poseidonibacter 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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