Name: Herminiimonas glaciei Loveland-Curtze et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gla.ci.e’i. L. gen. fem. n. glaciei, of ice, in reference to the Greenland glacier

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1623; DSM 21140; UMB49

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16S rRNA gene: EU489741 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Loveland-Curtze J, Miteva VI, Brenchley JE. Herminiimonas glaciei sp. nov., a novel ultramicrobacterium from 3042 m deep Greenland glacial ice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1272-1277.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

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. — 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Herminiimonas Fernandes et al. 2005

Assigned by: Loveland-Curtze J, Miteva VI, Brenchley JE. Herminiimonas glaciei sp. nov., a novel ultramicrobacterium from 3042 m deep Greenland glacial ice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1272-1277.

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Record number: 787929