Genus Polaromonas

Name: Polaromonas Irgens et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Po.la.ro’mo.nas. M.L. masc./fem. adj. polaris, pertaining to the geographic poles; L. fem. n. monas, unit; N.L. fem. n. Polaromonas, polar bacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Polaromonad-), po-la-RO-mo-nas

Type species: Polaromonas vacuolata Irgens et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Irgens RL, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Polaromonas vacuolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, marine, gas vacuolate bacterium from Antarctica. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:822-826. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; KACC: 3; LMG: 3; CCUG: 3; ATCC: 2; KCTC: 2; NRRL: 1; B: 1; CGMCC: 1; CIP: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 10

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Polaromonas aquatica Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas cryoconiti Margesin et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas eurypsychrophila Xing et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas ginsengisoli Choi et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas glacialis Margesin et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas hydrogenivorans Sizova and Panikov 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas jejuensis Weon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas naphthalenivorans Jeon et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas potterensis Choi et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Polaromonas vacuolata Irgens et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Jeon CO, Park W, Ghiorse WC, Madsen EL. Polaromonas naphthalenivorans sp. nov., a naphthalene-degrading bacterium from naphthalene-contaminated sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:93-97. 🇺🇸

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