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

Gender: 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

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.

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