Name: Glaciecola aquimarina Park and Yoon 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma.ri’na. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. masc. adj. marinus, um marine, of the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, of the sea water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gla-ki-E-ko-la a-kwi-ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 62918; GGW-M5; KCTC 32108

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX508596 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Yoon JH. Glaciecola aquimarina sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from coastal seawater. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:1141-1148. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paraglaciecola aquimarina (Park and Yoon 2013) Shivaji and Reddy 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paraglaciecola aquimarina (Park and Yoon 2013) Shivaji and Reddy 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Glaciecola aquimarina 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 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.

Parent taxon: Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998

Assigned by: Park S, Yoon JH. Glaciecola aquimarina sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from coastal seawater. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:1141-1148. 🇰🇷

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