Name: Glaciecola agarilytica Yong et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar-agar, algal polysaccharide; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. agarilytica, agar-dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: a-ga-ri-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 12755; LMG 23762; NO2

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16S rRNA gene: DQ784575 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yong JJ, Park SJ, Kim HJ, Rhee SK. Glaciecola agarilytica sp. nov., an agar-digesting marine bacterium from the East Sea, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:951-953.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paraglaciecola chathamensis (Matsuyama et al. 2006) Shivaji and Reddy 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paraglaciecola oceanifecundans Shivaji and Reddy 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paraglaciecola agarilytica (Yong et al. 2007) Shivaji and Reddy 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paraglaciecola chathamensis (Matsuyama et al. 2006) Shivaji and Reddy 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Glaciecola chathamensis Matsuyama et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Zou et al. (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Glaciecola chathamensis Matsuyama et al. 2006. Publication: Zou W, Tang T, Ming Y, Liu J, Zheng Y, Li K, Mo P, Li B. Proposal of Paraglaciecola agarilytica (Yong et al. 2007) Shivaji and Reddy 2014 as a later heterotypic synonym of Paraglaciecola chathamensis (Matsuyama et al. 2006) Shivaji and Reddy 2014 and an emended description of Paraglaciecola chathamensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6758.
  • ⏲ According to Zou et al. (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Paraglaciecola chathamensis (Matsuyama et al. 2006) Shivaji and Reddy 2014. Publication: Zou W, Tang T, Ming Y, Liu J, Zheng Y, Li K, Mo P, Li B. Proposal of Paraglaciecola agarilytica (Yong et al. 2007) Shivaji and Reddy 2014 as a later heterotypic synonym of Paraglaciecola chathamensis (Matsuyama et al. 2006) Shivaji and Reddy 2014 and an emended description of Paraglaciecola chathamensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6758.
  • ⏰ According to Emsley et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Paraglaciecola oceanifecundans Shivaji and Reddy 2014. Publication: Emsley SA, Loughran RM, Shlafstein MD, Pfannmuller KM, De La Flor YT, Lein CG, Dove NC, Koyack MJ, Oline DK, Hanson TE, et al. Fluctibacter corallii gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the coral Montipora capitata on a reef in Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i, reclassification of Aestuariibacter halophilus as Fluctibacter halophilus comb. nov., and Paraglaciecola oceanifecundans as a later heterotypic synonym of Paraglaciecola agarilytica. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:45.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.
  • ❗ Glaciecola agarilytica 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 Glaciecola.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998

Assigned by: Yong JJ, Park SJ, Kim HJ, Rhee SK. Glaciecola agarilytica sp. nov., an agar-digesting marine bacterium from the East Sea, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:951-953.

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