Name: Iocasia frigidifontis corrig. Zhang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fri.gi.di.fon’tis. L. masc. n. fons, seep; L. fem. adj. frigida, cold; N.L. gen. masc. n. frigidifontis, of the cold seep

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: io-KA-si-a fri-gi-di-FON-tis, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 15988; MCCC 1K04439; NS-1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK418264 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang J, Zhang Y, Liu R, Cai R, Liu F, Sun C. Iocasia fonsfrigidae NS-1 gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Deep-Sea Bacterium Possessing Diverse Carbohydrate Metabolic Pathways. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:725159. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Iocasia fonsfrigidae Zhang et al. 2025	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Iocasia Zhang et al. 2025. Publication: Zhang J, Zhang Y, Liu R, Cai R, Liu F, Sun C. Iocasia fonsfrigidae NS-1 gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Deep-Sea Bacterium Possessing Diverse Carbohydrate Metabolic Pathways. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:725159. 🇨🇳
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Iocasia Zhang et al. 2025

Assigned by: Zhang J, Zhang Y, Liu R, Cai R, Liu F, Sun C. Iocasia fonsfrigidae NS-1 gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Deep-Sea Bacterium Possessing Diverse Carbohydrate Metabolic Pathways. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:725159. 🇨🇳

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