Name: Xenophilus arseniciresistens Li et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se.ni.ci.re.sis’tens. N.L. neut. adj. arsenicum, arsenic; L. pres. part. resistens, resisting; N.L. part. adj. arseniciresistens, arsenic-resisting, referring to the arsenic resistance of the bacterium

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012103; KACC 16853; YW8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC010298 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li QF, Sun LN, Kwon SW, Chen Q, He J, Li SP, Zhang J. Xenophilus arseniciresistens sp. nov., an arsenite-resistant bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1926-1931.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Xenophilus Blümel et al. 2001

Assigned by: Li QF, Sun LN, Kwon SW, Chen Q, He J, Li SP, Zhang J. Xenophilus arseniciresistens sp. nov., an arsenite-resistant bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1926-1931.

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Record number: 791907