Name: Glaciimonas immobilis Zhang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: im.mo’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. immobilis, motionless

Pronunciation, gender: im-MO-bi-lis, feminine

Type strain: Cr9-30; DSM 23240; LMG 25547

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU441679 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang DC, Redzic M, Schinner F, Margesin R. Glaciimonas immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2186-2190.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Glaciimonas Zhang et al. 2011. Publication: Zhang DC, Redzic M, Schinner F, Margesin R. Glaciimonas immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2186-2190.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Glaciimonas Zhang et al. 2011

Assigned by: Zhang DC, Redzic M, Schinner F, Margesin R. Glaciimonas immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2186-2190.

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