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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bacteriovorax antarcticus

Name: Bacteriovorax antarcticus Mun et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. antarcticus, southern, of the Antarctic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-te-ri-O-wo-rax ant-ARK-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 116241; KCTC 8097; PP10

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16S rRNA gene: OR762727 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Mun W, Choi SY, Park D, Park S, Lee HS, Choi S, Lee JH, Mitchell RJ. Bacteriovorax antarcticus sp. nov., a bacterial predator isolated from near Potter Cove on King George Island, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6607. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000

Assigned by: Mun W, Choi SY, Park D, Park S, Lee HS, Choi S, Lee JH, Mitchell RJ. Bacteriovorax antarcticus sp. nov., a bacterial predator isolated from near Potter Cove on King George Island, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6607. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 56360

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