Name: Acidovorax antarcticus Xu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. antarcticus, pertaining to Antarctica, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ant-ARK-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: 16-35-5; CCTCC AB 2019325; KCTC 72915

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16S rRNA gene: MN428675 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu Q, Peng X, Wang Y, Lu L, Zhang Y, Qin K, Liu J, Peng F. Acidovorax antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample of Collins Glacier front, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Comamonas antarctica (Xu et al. 2021) Du et al. 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Comamonas antarctica (Xu et al. 2021) Du et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Acidovorax antarcticus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Acidovorax.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Acidovorax Willems et al. 1990

Assigned by: Xu Q, Peng X, Wang Y, Lu L, Zhang Y, Qin K, Liu J, Peng F. Acidovorax antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample of Collins Glacier front, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

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Record number: 18801