Name: Sinomonas atrocyanea (Kuhn and Starr 1960) Zhou et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrobacter atrocyaneus Kuhn and Starr 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.tro.cy.a’ne.a. L. adj. ater -tra -trum, black; L. adj. cyaneus -a -um, dark blue; N.L. fem. adj. atrocyanea, dark blackish blue

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-tro-ky-A-ne-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 13752; CGMCC 1.1891; CIP 102365; DSM 20127; IFO 12956; JCM 1329; LMG 3814; NBRC 12956; VKM Ac-1104

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80746 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhou Y, Wei W, Wang X, Lai R. Proposal of Sinomonas flava gen. nov., sp. nov., and description of Sinomonas atrocyanea comb. nov. to accommodate Arthrobacter atrocyaneus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:259-263. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arthrobacter atrocyaneus Kuhn and Starr 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13911 (N = 21).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Sinomonas Zhou et al. 2009

Assigned by: Zhou Y, Wei W, Wang X, Lai R. Proposal of Sinomonas flava gen. nov., sp. nov., and description of Sinomonas atrocyanea comb. nov. to accommodate Arthrobacter atrocyaneus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:259-263. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 787725