Name: Pseudarthrobacter albicanus Chen et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.bi.ca’nus. L. masc. adj. albus, white; L. masc. adj. canus, white, hoary (neuter canum also as genitive plural); N.L. masc. adj. albicanus, referring to the ivory-white colour of colonies of the bacterium

Pronunciation, gender: al-bi-KA-nus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15636; KCTC 39722; NJ-Z5

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16S rRNA gene: KT715739 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen Y, Zhang H, Ping W, Zhu L, Xin Y, Zhang J. Pseudarthrobacter albicanus sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5182.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5292.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016

Assigned by: Chen Y, Zhang H, Ping W, Zhu L, Xin Y, Zhang J. Pseudarthrobacter albicanus sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5182.

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Record number: 25782