Name: Exiguobacterium antarcticum Frühling et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. antarcticum, of Antarctica

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 47137; CIP 107163; DSM 14480; H2

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16S rRNA gene: DQ019164 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fruhling A, Schumann P, Hippe H, Straubler B, Stackebrandt E. Exiguobacterium undae sp. nov. and Exiguobacterium antarcticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1171-1176.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet antarcticum is a "L. neut. adj.", not a "N.L. gen. n." as cited in the paper by Frühling et al. 2002. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Exiguobacterium Collins et al. 1984

Assigned by: Fruhling A, Schumann P, Hippe H, Straubler B, Stackebrandt E. Exiguobacterium undae sp. nov. and Exiguobacterium antarcticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1171-1176.

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