Name: Pseudarthrobacter quantipunctorum Carrasco et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: quan.ti.punc.to’rum. L. neut. n. quantum, as much of; L. neut. n. punctum, a dot (also as adjective perfect participle); N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. quantipunctorum, of quantum dots

Gender: masculine

Type strain: LMG 33620; RC-2-3; RGM 3538

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16S rRNA gene: OR789621 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carrasco V, Vargas-Reyes M, Lagos-Moraga S, Dietz-Vargas C, Allendes-Ormazabal D, Meza-Inzunza J, Rojas-Morales F, Duran-Villegas S, Valenzuela-Ibaceta F, Cabrera MA, et al. Rhodococcus navarretei sp. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter quantipunctorum sp. nov., two novel species with the ability to biosynthesize fluorescent nanoparticles, isolated from soil samples at Union Glacier, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6536.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6588.

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 0.15512 (N = 21).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-14.
  • 🙆 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: Carrasco V, Vargas-Reyes M, Lagos-Moraga S, Dietz-Vargas C, Allendes-Ormazabal D, Meza-Inzunza J, Rojas-Morales F, Duran-Villegas S, Valenzuela-Ibaceta F, Cabrera MA, et al. Rhodococcus navarretei sp. nov. and Pseudarthrobacter quantipunctorum sp. nov., two novel species with the ability to biosynthesize fluorescent nanoparticles, isolated from soil samples at Union Glacier, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6536.

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Record number: 53717