Name: Glaciimonas alpina Frasson et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.pi’na. L. fem. adj. alpina, of or pertaining to the Alps, alpine, referring to the isolation of the strains from alpine environments

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCOS 761; Cr9-12; DSM 22814

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16S rRNA gene: HM756647 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Frasson D, Udovicic M, Frey B, Lapanje A, Zhang DC, Margesin R, Sievers M. Glaciimonas alpina sp. nov. isolated from alpine glaciers and reclassification of Glaciimonas immobilis Cr9-12 as the type strain of Glaciimonas alpina sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1779-1785.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Glaciimonas Zhang et al. 2011

Assigned by: Frasson D, Udovicic M, Frey B, Lapanje A, Zhang DC, Margesin R, Sievers M. Glaciimonas alpina sp. nov. isolated from alpine glaciers and reclassification of Glaciimonas immobilis Cr9-12 as the type strain of Glaciimonas alpina sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1779-1785.

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Record number: 792882