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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gla-ki-E-ko-la pu-NI-ke-a, feminine

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

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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. 🇦🇺
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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