Name: Ulvibacter antarcticus Choi et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.tarc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. antarcticus, of the Antarctic environment, referring to the place where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23424; IMCC 3101; KCCM 42686; NBRC 102682

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF554364 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi TH, Lee HK, Lee K, Cho JC. Ulvibacter antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2922-2925.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Ulvibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Assigned by: Choi TH, Lee HK, Lee K, Cho JC. Ulvibacter antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2922-2925.

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