Genus Polaribacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 20
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Polaribacter Gosink et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Polaribacter filamentus Gosink et al. 1998.
Etymology: N.L. adj. polaris (from L. n. polus, a pole), pertaining to the geographic poles; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Polaribacter, rod-shaped bacteria from polar habitats.
Valid publication: GOSINK (J.J.), WOESE (C.R.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polaribacter gen. nov., with three new species, P. irgensii sp. nov., P. franzmannii sp. nov. and P. filamentus sp. nov., gas vacuolate polar marine bacteria of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group and reclassification of 'Flectobacillus glomeratus' as Polaribacter glomeratus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 223-235.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Polaribacter Gosink et al. 1998 emend. Fukui et al. 2013.
Reference: FUKUI (Y.), ABE (M.), KOBAYASHI (M.), SAITO (H.), OIKAWA (H.), YANO (Y.) and SATOMI (M.): Polaribacter porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis, and emended descriptions of the genus Polaribacter and two Polaribacter species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1665-1672.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Polaribacter Gosink et al. 1998 emend. Fukui et al. 2013 emend. Kim et al. 2013.
Reference: KIM, B.-C., OH, H. W., KIM, H., PARK, D.-S., HONG, S. G., LEE, H. K. and BAE, K. S. 2013. Polaribacter sejongensis sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Polaribacter, Polaribacter butkevichii and Polaribacter irgensii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4000-4005.
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→ Polaribacter Gosink et al. 1998 emend. Fukui et al. 2013 emend. Kim et al. 2013 emend. Li et al. 2014.
Reference: LI, H., ZHANG, X.-Y., LIU, C., LIN, C.-Y., XU, Z., CHEN, X.-L., ZHOU, B.-C., SHI, M. and ZHANG, Y.-Z. 2014. Polaribacter huanghezhanensis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic fjord sediment, and emended description of the genus Polaribacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 973-978.
Original article.
Polaribacter atrinae Hyun et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WP25=KACC 17473=JCM 19202.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC878325.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. atrinae, of Atrina, the systematic name of a genus of comb pen shell, referring to the isolation of the type strain from Atrina pectinata.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: HYUN, D.-W., SHIN, N.-R., KIM, M.-S., KIM, P. S., JUNG, M.-J., KIM, J. Y., WHON, T. W. and BAE, J.-W. 2014. Polaribacter atrinae sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of a comb pen shell, Atrina pectinata. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1654-1661.
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Polaribacter butkevichii Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KMM 3938 = KCTC 12100 = CCUG 48005.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY189722.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. butkevichii, of Butkevich, named after V.S. Butkevich, Russian marine microbiologist.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 110. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1459-1460.
Effective publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), LYSENKO (A.M.), KALINOVSKAYA (N.I.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.), KIM (I.S.) and BAE (K.S.): Polaribacter butkevichii sp. nov., a novel marine mesophilic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Curr. Microbiol., 2005, 51, 408-412.
Validation List no. 110 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Polaribacter butkevichii Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006 emend. Kim et al. 2013.
Reference: KIM, B.-C., OH, H. W., KIM, H., PARK, D.-S., HONG, S. G., LEE, H. K. and BAE, K. S. 2013. Polaribacter sejongensis sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Polaribacter, Polaribacter butkevichii and Polaribacter irgensii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4000-4005.
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Polaribacter dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSW-5 = DSM 17204 = KCTC 12392.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ004686.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. dokdonensis, pertaining to Dokdo, an island of Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.) and OH (T.K.): Polaribacter dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1251-1255.
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→ Polaribacter dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006 emend. Fukui et al. 2013.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSW-5 = DSM 17204 = KCTC 12392.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ004686.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. dokdonensis, pertaining to Dokdo, an island of Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: FUKUI (Y.), ABE (M.), KOBAYASHI (M.), SAITO (H.), OIKAWA (H.), YANO (Y.) and SATOMI (M.): Polaribacter porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis, and emended descriptions of the genus Polaribacter and two Polaribacter species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1665-1672.
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Polaribacter filamentus Gosink et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 215 = ATCC 700397= CIP 106479.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U73726.
Etymology: L. n. filum, thread; N.L. masc. adj. filamentus, threadlike, filamentous.
Valid publication: GOSINK (J.J.), WOESE (C.R.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polaribacter gen. nov., with three new species, P. irgensii sp. nov., P. franzmannii sp. nov. and P. filamentus sp. nov., gas vacuolate polar marine bacteria of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group and reclassification of 'Flectobacillus glomeratus' as Polaribacter glomeratus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 223-235.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Polaribacter franzmannii Gosink et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 301 = ATCC 700399= CIP 106480.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U14586.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. franzmannii, of Franzmann, named in honor of Peter D. Franzmann, an Australian microbiologist and polar researcher.
Valid publication: GOSINK (J.J.), WOESE (C.R.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polaribacter gen. nov., with three new species, P. irgensii sp. nov., P. franzmannii sp. nov. and P. filamentus sp. nov., gas vacuolate polar marine bacteria of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group and reclassification of 'Flectobacillus glomeratus' as Polaribacter glomeratus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 223-235.
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Polaribacter gangjinensis Lee et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K17-16 = JCM 16152 = KCTC 22729.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ425213.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. gangjinensis, referring to Gangjin, the name of the bay in Korea from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LEE (Y.S.), LEE (D.H.), KAHNG (H.Y.), SOHN (S.H.) and JUNG (J.S.): Polaribacter gangjinensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1425-1429.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Polaribacter gangjinensis Lee et al. 2011 emend. Fukui et al. 2013.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K17-16 = JCM 16152 = KCTC 22729.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ425213.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. gangjinensis, referring to Gangjin, the name of the bay in Korea from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: FUKUI (Y.), ABE (M.), KOBAYASHI (M.), SAITO (H.), OIKAWA (H.), YANO (Y.) and SATOMI (M.): Polaribacter porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis, and emended descriptions of the genus Polaribacter and two Polaribacter species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1665-1672.
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Polaribacter glomeratus (McGuire et al. 1988) Gosink et al. 1998, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACAM 171 = ATCC 43844= CIP 103112 = LMG 13858 = UQM 3055.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M58775.
Basonym: ¤ Flectobacillus glomeratus McGuire et al. 1988.
Etymology: L. masc. part. adj. glomeratus, (from L. v. glomerare, to form into ball, glomerate), formed into a ball, glomerated.
Valid publication: GOSINK (J.J.), WOESE (C.R.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polaribacter gen. nov., with three new species, P. irgensii sp. nov., P. franzmannii sp. nov. and P. filamentus sp. nov., gas vacuolate polar marine bacteria of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group and reclassification of 'Flectobacillus glomeratus' as Polaribacter glomeratus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 223-235.
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Polaribacter haliotis Kim et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RA4-7=KCTC 52418=NBRC 112383.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX450477.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. haliotis, of Haliotis, named after the generic name of the abalone Haliotis discus hannai, from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: KIM, Y. O., PARK, I. S., PARK, S., NAM, B. H., PARK, J. M., KIM, D. G. and YOON, J. H. 2016. Polaribacter haliotis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of abalone Haliotis discus hannai. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5562-5567.
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Polaribacter huanghezhanensis Li et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SM1202=CCTCC AB 2013148=KCTC 32516.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC793205.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. huanghezhanensis, of or belonging to Huánghé Zhàn, the Yellow River Station, the first Chinese Arctic station.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LI, H., ZHANG, X.-Y., LIU, C., LIN, C.-Y., XU, Z., CHEN, X.-L., ZHOU, B.-C., SHI, M. and ZHANG, Y.-Z. 2014. Polaribacter huanghezhanensis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic fjord sediment, and emended description of the genus Polaribacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 973-978.
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Polaribacter insulae Park et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) OITF-22=KCTC 52658=NBRC 112706.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY694984.
Etymology: L. gen. n. insulae, of an island, referring to the source of isolation of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., YOON, S. Y., PARK, J. M. and YOON, J. H. 2017. Polaribacter insulae sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4013-4019.
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Polaribacter irgensii Gosink et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 23-P = ATCC 700398= CIP 106478.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M61002.
Etymology: L. gen. masc. n. irgensii, of Irgens, named in honor of Roar L. Irgens, the first microbiologist to observe polar marine gas vacuolate bacteria.
Valid publication: GOSINK (J.J.), WOESE (C.R.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polaribacter gen. nov., with three new species, P. irgensii sp. nov., P. franzmannii sp. nov. and P. filamentus sp. nov., gas vacuolate polar marine bacteria of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group and reclassification of 'Flectobacillus glomeratus' as Polaribacter glomeratus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 223-235.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Polaribacter irgensii Gosink et al. 1998 emend. Kim et al. 2013.
Reference: KIM, B.-C., OH, H. W., KIM, H., PARK, D.-S., HONG, S. G., LEE, H. K. and BAE, K. S. 2013. Polaribacter sejongensis sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Polaribacter, Polaribacter butkevichii and Polaribacter irgensii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4000-4005.
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Polaribacter lacunae Kang et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HMF2268=KCTC 42191=CECT 8862.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ728849.
Etymology: L. gen. n. lacunae, a pool of water, of a pond.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: KANG, H., KIM, H., JOUNG, Y. and JOH, K. 2017. Polaribacter lacunae sp. nov., isolated from a lagoon. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 681-686.
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Polaribacter litorisediminis Park et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) OITF-11=KCTC 52500=NBRC 112457.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX982846.
Etymology: L. n. litus -oris the seashore, coast; L. n. sedimen -inis, sediment; N.L. gen. n. litorisediminis, of a coastal sediment, tidal flat sediment.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., YOON, S. Y., HA, M. J. and YOON, J. H. 2017. Polaribacter litorisediminis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2036-2042.
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Polaribacter marinaquae Wang et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RZW3-2=JCM 30825=KCTC 42664=MCCC 1K00696.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KR080701.
Etymology: L. adj. marinus, of the sea; L. fem. n. aqua, water; N.L. gen. n. marinaquae, of seawater.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WANG, Y., GAO, L., MING, H., ZHANG, P. and ZHU, W. 2016. Polaribacter marinaquae sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4594-4599.
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Polaribacter marinivivus Park et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GYSW-15=CECT 8655=KCTC 42156.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM017972.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 1105-1111.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: PARK, S., PARK, J.-M., JUNG, Y.-T., LEE, K.-C., LEE, J.-S. and YOON, J.-H. 2014. Polaribacter marinivivus sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 106, 1139-1146.
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Polaribacter pacificus Wu et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HRA130-1=KCTC 52370=MCCC 1K03199=JCM 31460=CGMCC 1.15763.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU315476.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. pacificus, peaceful; pertaining to the Pacific Ocean.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WU, Y., YU, M., ZHANG, Z., WANG, Y., YANG, X., WANG, X., REN, Q., SUN, Z., SHI, X. and ZHANG, X. H. 2017. Polaribacter pacificus sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea polymetallic nodule from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3203-3208.
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Polaribacter porphyrae Fukui et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LNM-20 = LMG 26671 = NBRC 108759.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB695286.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. porphyrae, of Porphyra, from Porphyra yezoensis, the scientific name of the red alga from which the type strain was first isolated.
Valid publication: FUKUI (Y.), ABE (M.), KOBAYASHI (M.), SAITO (H.), OIKAWA (H.), YANO (Y.) and SATOMI (M.): Polaribacter porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis, and emended descriptions of the genus Polaribacter and two Polaribacter species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1665-1672.
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Polaribacter reichenbachii Nedashkovskaya et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 6Alg 8 = KCTC 23969 = LMG 26443.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ891656.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. reichenbachii, of Reichenbach, in honour to Han Reichenbach, the German microbiologist which made a great contribution in the investigation of bacteria belonging to the phylum Bacteroidetes.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 150. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 797-798.
Effective publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KUKHLEVSKIY (A.D.) and ZHUKOVA (N.V.): Polaribacter reichenbachii sp. nov.: a new marine bacterium associated with the green alga Ulva fenestrata. Curr. Microbiol., 2013, 66, 16-21.
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Polaribacter sejongensis Kim et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KOPRI 21160=KCTC 23670=JCM 18092.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ853596.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. sejongensis, of or belonging to Sejong, the name of the Antarctic station where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: KIM, B.-C., OH, H. W., KIM, H., PARK, D.-S., HONG, S. G., LEE, H. K. and BAE, K. S. 2013. Polaribacter sejongensis sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Polaribacter, Polaribacter butkevichii and Polaribacter irgensii. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4000-4005.
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Polaribacter staleyi Nedashkovskaya et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 10Alg 139=KCTC 52773=KMM 6729.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF527139.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. staleyi, named in honor of James T. Staley, an American microbiologist for his great contribution to polar microbiology and ecology.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA, O. I., KIM, S. G., BALABANOVA, L. A., ZHUKOVA, N. V., BAKUNINA, I. Y. and MIKHAILOV, V. V. 2018. Polaribacter staleyi sp. nov., a polysaccharide-degrading marine bacterium isolated from the red alga Ahnfeltia tobuchiensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 623-629.
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Polaribacter tangerinus Han et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WS2-14=KCTC 52275=MCCC 1H00163.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX262847.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: NIDL00000000.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. tangerinus, tangerine-colored, due to the growth colour.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: HAN, J. R., WANG, K., ZHANG, J., CHEN, G. J. and DU, Z. J. 2017. Polaribacter tangerinus sp. nov., isolated from sediment in a sea cucumber culture pond. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4736-4741.
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Polaribacter undariae Park et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) W-BA7=KCTC 42175=CECT 8670.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM458974.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. undariae, of Undaria, the generic name of the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida, from a reservoir of which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: PARK, S., PARK, J. M., JUNG, Y. T., LEE, K. H. and YOON, J. H. 2015. Polaribacter undariae sp. nov., isolated from a brown alga reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1679-1685.
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Polaribacter vadi Kim et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LPB0003=KACC 18704=JCM 31217.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT355267.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP017477.
Etymology: L. neut. gen. n. vadi, of a shallow place in the sea.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: KIM, E., SHIN, S. K., CHOI, S. and YI, H. 2017. Polaribacter vadi sp. nov., isolated from a marine gastropod. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 144-147.
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