Name: Pseudarthrobacter phenanthrenivorans (Kallimanis et al. 2009) Busse 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrobacter phenanthrenivorans Kallimanis et al. 2009

Etymology: phe.nan.thre.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. phenanthrenum, phenanthrene; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, digesting; N.L. part. adj. phenanthrenivorans, digesting phenanthrene

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18606; JCM 16027; LMG 23796; Sphe3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM176541 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Busse HJ. Review of the taxonomy of the genus Arthrobacter, emendation of the genus Arthrobacter sensu lato, proposal to reclassify selected species of the genus Arthrobacter in the novel genera Glutamicibacter gen. nov., Paeniglutamicibacter gen. nov., Pseudoglutamicibacter gen. nov., Paenarthrobacter gen. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter gen. nov., and emended description of Arthrobacter roseus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:9-37.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arthrobacter phenanthrenivorans Kallimanis et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Busse and Schumann 2019 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. 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.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09508 (N = 28).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016

Assigned by: Busse HJ. Review of the taxonomy of the genus Arthrobacter, emendation of the genus Arthrobacter sensu lato, proposal to reclassify selected species of the genus Arthrobacter in the novel genera Glutamicibacter gen. nov., Paeniglutamicibacter gen. nov., Pseudoglutamicibacter gen. nov., Paenarthrobacter gen. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter gen. nov., and emended description of Arthrobacter roseus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:9-37.

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