Name: Exiguobacterium antarcticum Frühling et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ant-ARK-ti-kum, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Exiguobacterium soli Chaturvedi et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Wang et al. 2024 Wang S, Dhulappa A, Quadri SR, Jin P, Wang K, Qiao H, Narsing Rao MP. Reclassification of Some Exiguobacterium Species Based on Genome Analysis. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:186. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 42. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6793.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Wang et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Exiguobacterium soli Chaturvedi et al. 2008. Publication: Wang S, Dhulappa A, Quadri SR, Jin P, Wang K, Qiao H, Narsing Rao MP. Reclassification of Some Exiguobacterium Species Based on Genome Analysis. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:186. 🇨🇳
  • 😷 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. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 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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