Nomenclatural Recommendations for Genera Assigned to the Arcobacteraceae from the Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Campylobacter and Related Bacteria
The taxonomy of the genus Arcobacter has been subject to substantive turmoil in recent years following a proposal to subdivide the genus into six genera. This proposal has been challenged by a number of multidisciplinary studies employing phenotypic, genomic, and phylogenetic analyses. Following several discussions among members of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria, this group now unanimously recommends the use of the genus term Arcobacter to refer to these species.
Authors
- Peter Vandamme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5581-7937)
- María José Figueras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2268-8980)
- Françis Mégraud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2481-1612)
- William G. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-2289)
- K. Takai
- J. F. Stolz
- Kurt Houf
- James G. Fox
- Stephen L. W. On
Institutions
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JP)
- United States Department of Agriculture (US)
- Université de Bordeaux (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Duquesne University (US)
- Lincoln University (NZ)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya Sud (ES)
- Bordeaux Population Health (FR)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bacteria
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/bacteria5010007
- Primary Topic
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00