Name: Glaciecola arctica Zhang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. arctica, northern, from the Arctic

Pronunciation, gender: ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: BSs20135; CCTCC AB 209161; DSM 25749; KACC 14537

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU365479 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang YJ, Zhang XY, Mi ZH, Chen CX, Gao ZM, Chen XL, Yu Y, Chen B, Zhang YZ. Glaciecola arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2338-2341.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paraglaciecola arctica (Zhang et al. 2011) Shivaji and Reddy 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paraglaciecola arctica (Zhang et al. 2011) Shivaji and Reddy 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Glaciecola arctica 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998

Assigned by: Zhang YJ, Zhang XY, Mi ZH, Chen CX, Gao ZM, Chen XL, Yu Y, Chen B, Zhang YZ. Glaciecola arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2338-2341.

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Record number: 789497