Name: Pseudaminobacter arsenicus Mu et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. arsenicus, pertaining to arsenic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CB 3; CCTCC AB 2016116; KCTC 52625

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX129748 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mu Y, Zhou X, Liu L, Zhou XK, Zeng XC, Li WJ. Pseudaminobacter arsenicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium isolated from arsenic-rich aquifers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:791-797.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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 0.03980 (N = 9).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pseudaminobacter Kämpfer et al. 1999

Assigned by: Mu Y, Zhou X, Liu L, Zhou XK, Zeng XC, Li WJ. Pseudaminobacter arsenicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium isolated from arsenic-rich aquifers. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:791-797.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/pseudaminobacter-arsenicusCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 800149