Arenicella Romanenko et al. 2010 Arenicella Romanenko et al. 2010 Arenicella xantha Romanenko et al. 2010 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013 Arenicellales Teramoto et al. 2015 Arenicellaceae Teramoto et al. 2015 Arenicella Romanenko et al. 2010 Arenicellaceae Teramoto et al. 2015 Perspicuibacter Teramoto et al. 2015 Arenicella xantha Romanenko et al. 2010 Arenicella chitinivorans Nedashkovskaya et al. 2013 Teramoto M. Yagyu K.-i. Nishijima M. Perspicuibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a semi-transparent bacterium isolated from surface seawater, and description of Arenicellaceae fam. nov. and Arenicellales ord. nov. 2015 65 2 353 358 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.064683-0 25355707 Romanenko L.A. Tanaka N. Frolova G.M. Mikhailov V.V. Arenicella xantha gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from a marine sandy sediment from the Sea of Japan 2010 60 8 1832 1836 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.017194-0 19767361 Nedashkovskaya O.I. Cleenwerck I. Zhukova N.V. Kim S.B. de Vos P. Arenicella chitinivorans sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius 2013 63 11 4124 4129 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.051599-0 23771619 Romanenko L.A. Tanaka N. Frolova G.M. Mikhailov V.V. Arenicella xantha gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from a marine sandy sediment from the Sea of Japan 2010 60 8 1832 1836 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.017194-0 19767361 On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the genus represents a separate branch within the Gammaproteobacteria, related to the genera Kangiella, Spongiibacter, Alcanivorax, Nitrincola and Microbulbifer.