Genus Glaciimonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Glaciimonas Zhang et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Glaciimonas immobilis Zhang et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. fem. n. glacies, ice; L. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Glaciimonas, a cell from the glacier.
Valid publication: ZHANG (D.C.), REDZIC (M.), SCHINNER (F.) and MARGESIN (R.): Glaciimonas immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2186-2190.
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→ Glaciimonas Zhang et al. 2011 emend. Margesin et al. 2016.
Reference: MARGESIN R., ZHANG, D. C., FRASSON, D. and BROUCHKOV, A. 2016. Glaciimonas frigoris sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from ancient Siberian permafrost sediment, and emended description of the genus Glaciimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 744-748.
Original article.
Glaciimonas alpina Frasson et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Cr9-12=CCOS 761=DSM 22814.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM756647.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. alpina of or pertaining to the Alps; alpine, referring to the isolation of the strains from alpine environments.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: FRASSON, D., UDOVICIC, M., FREY, B., LAPANJE, A., ZHANG, D. C., MARGESIN, R. and SIEVERS, M. 2015. Glaciimonas alpina sp. nov. isolated from alpine glaciers and reclassification of Glaciimonas immobilis Cr9-12 as the type strain of Glaciimonas alpina sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1779-1785.
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Glaciimonas frigoris Margesin et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) N1-38=LMG 28868=CCOS 838.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX545209.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. gen. neut. n. frigoris, from frost.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: MARGESIN, R., ZHANG, D. C., FRASSON, D. and BROUCHKOV, A. 2016. Glaciimonas frigoris sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from ancient Siberian permafrost sediment, and emended description of the genus Glaciimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 744-748.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Glaciimonas immobilis Zhang et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Cr9-30 = DSM 23240 = LMG 25547.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU441679.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. immobilis, motionless.
Valid publication: ZHANG (D.C.), REDZIC (M.), SCHINNER (F.) and MARGESIN (R.): Glaciimonas immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2186-2190.
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Glaciimonas singularis Chung et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A2-57 = CIP 110539 = LMG 27070.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX218021.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. singularis, alone of its kind, singular, referring to the different characteristics of this organism in relation to those of Glaciimonas immobilis.
Valid publication: CHUNG (A.P.), TIAGO (I.), NOBRE (M.F.), VERÍSSIMO (A.) and MORAIS (P.V.): Glaciimonas singularis sp. nov., isolated from a uranium mine wastewater treatment plant. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2344-2350.
Original article in IJSEM Online