Name: Glaciecola punicea Bowman et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu.ni’ce.a. L. fem. adj. punicea, red, referring to the species pigmentation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACAM 611; ATCC 700756; CIP 105817; DSM 14233; IC067

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U85853 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Brown JL, McMeekin TA. Glaciecola punicea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Glaciecola pallidula gen. nov., sp. nov.: psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic sea-ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1213-1222.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998. Publication: Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Brown JL, McMeekin TA. Glaciecola punicea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Glaciecola pallidula gen. nov., sp. nov.: psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic sea-ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1213-1222.

Parent taxon: Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998

Assigned by: Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Brown JL, McMeekin TA. Glaciecola punicea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Glaciecola pallidula gen. nov., sp. nov.: psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic sea-ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1213-1222.

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Record number: 776511