Name: Granulosicoccus antarcticus Lee et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. antarcticus, of the Antarctic environment, where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 24912; IMCC 3135; IMCC3135r; KCCM 42676; NBRC 102684

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF495228 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lee K, Lee HK, Choi TH, Kim KM, Cho JC. Granulosicoccaceae fam. nov., to include Granulosicoccus antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-phototrophic, obligately aerobic chemoheterotroph in the order Chromatiales, isolated from Antarctic seawater. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 17:1483-1490.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 119. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Granulosicoccus Lee et al. 2008. Publication: Lee K, Lee HK, Choi TH, Kim KM, Cho JC. Granulosicoccaceae fam. nov., to include Granulosicoccus antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-phototrophic, obligately aerobic chemoheterotroph in the order Chromatiales, isolated from Antarctic seawater. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 17:1483-1490.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Granulosicoccus Lee et al. 2008

Assigned by: Lee K, Lee HK, Choi TH, Kim KM, Cho JC. Granulosicoccaceae fam. nov., to include Granulosicoccus antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-phototrophic, obligately aerobic chemoheterotroph in the order Chromatiales, isolated from Antarctic seawater. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 17:1483-1490.

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