Species Pseudarthrobacter naphthalenicus

Name: Pseudarthrobacter naphthalenicus Liu et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: naph.tha.le’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. naphthalenicus, pertaining to naphthalene

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡ud-ar-t^hro-BAK-ter nap^h-t^ha-LE-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.61323; H3Y2-7; JCM 36482

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OP493229 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu ZS, Wang KH, Wang XK, Cai M, Yang ML, Yang WK, Li DF, Liu SJ. Curvibacter soli sp. nov., Extensimonas soli sp. nov., Pseudarthrobacter naphthalenicus sp. nov. and Terripilifer ovatus gen. nov., sp. nov., four new species isolated from polluted soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6698. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6765.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04861 (N = 20).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-04-09.
  • 🙆 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: Liu ZS, Wang KH, Wang XK, Cai M, Yang ML, Yang WK, Li DF, Liu SJ. Curvibacter soli sp. nov., Extensimonas soli sp. nov., Pseudarthrobacter naphthalenicus sp. nov. and Terripilifer ovatus gen. nov., sp. nov., four new species isolated from polluted soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6698. 🇨🇳

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