Name: Flectobacillus glomeratus McGuire et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glo.me.ra’tus. L. masc. part. adj. glomeratus, to form into a ball

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: flek-to-ba-KIL-lus glo-me-RA-tus, masculine

Type strain: ACAM 171; ACM 3055; ATCC 43844; CIP 103112; LMG 13858; UQM 3055

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58775 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: McGuire AJ, Franzmann PD, McMeekin TA. Flectobacillus glomeratus sp. nov., a curved, nonmotile, pigmented bacterium isolated from antarctic marine environments. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:265-272. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Polaribacter glomeratus (McGuire et al. 1988) Gosink et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Polaribacter glomeratus (McGuire et al. 1988) Gosink et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Flectobacillus glomeratus 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 Flectobacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 24, the type strain ACAM 171 is incorrectly cited as ACAM 171T. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Flectobacillus Larkin et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: McGuire AJ, Franzmann PD, McMeekin TA. Flectobacillus glomeratus sp. nov., a curved, nonmotile, pigmented bacterium isolated from antarctic marine environments. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:265-272. 🇦🇺

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