Name: Glaciecola nitratireducens Baik et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras, nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. fem. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gla-ki-E-ko-la ni-tra-ti-re-DU-kens, feminine

Type strain: FR1064; JCM 12485; KCTC 12276

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16S rRNA gene: AY787042 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baik KS, Park YD, Seong CN, Kim EM, Bae KS, Chun J. Glaciecola nitratireducens sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2185-2188. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brumicola nitratireducens (Baik et al. 2006) Rey-Velasco et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01471 (N = 28).
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998

Assigned by: Baik KS, Park YD, Seong CN, Kim EM, Bae KS, Chun J. Glaciecola nitratireducens sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2185-2188. 🇰🇷

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