Name: Pseudarthrobacter polychromogenes (Schippers-Lammertse et al. 1963) Busse 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrobacter polychromogenes Schippers-Lammertse et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: po.ly.chro.mo’ge.nes. Gr. masc. adj. polys, many; Gr. neut. n. chrôma, colour; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. part. adj. polychromogenes, producing many colours

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 15216; BCRC 12114; CCUG 23891; CIP 106989; DSM 20136; IAM 14590; IFO 15512; JCM 2523; KCTC 3384; LMG 3821; NBRC 15512; NCIB 10267; NCIMB 10267; VKM Ac-1955

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16S rRNA gene: X80741 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 polychromogenes Schippers-Lammertse et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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Record number: 794235