Species Pseudarthrobacter enclensis

Name: Pseudarthrobacter enclensis (Dastager et al. 2015) Busse and Schumann 2019

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrobacter enclensis Dastager et al. 2015

Etymology: en.clen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. enclensis, arbitrary name formed from NIAB, the acronym for the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, India, where taxonomic studies on this species were performed

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡ud-ar-t^hro-BAK-ter en-KLEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 25279; NCIM 5488; NIO-1008

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF421614 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Busse HJ, Schumann P. Reclassification of Arthrobacter enclensis as Pseudarthrobacter enclensis comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Pseudarthrobacter, and the species Pseudarthrobacter phenanthrenivorans and Pseudarthrobacter scleromae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3508-3511. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:705-707.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arthrobacter enclensis Dastager et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07043 (N = 21).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016

Assigned by: Busse HJ, Schumann P. Reclassification of Arthrobacter enclensis as Pseudarthrobacter enclensis comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Pseudarthrobacter, and the species Pseudarthrobacter phenanthrenivorans and Pseudarthrobacter scleromae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3508-3511. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 5983