Name: Iodobacter arcticus Srinivas et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. arcticus, pertaining to the Arctic, the environment from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Asd M4-16; CIP 1103011; DSM 100243; M4-16; MTCC 11351

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FM955868 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Srinivas TN, Manasa P, Begum Z, Sunil B, Sailaja B, Singh SK, Prasad S, Shivaji S. Iodobacter arcticus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from meltwater stream sediment of an Arctic glacier. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2800-2805.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Iodobacter fluviatile (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1997. Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.

Parent taxon: Iodobacter Logan 1989

Assigned by: Srinivas TN, Manasa P, Begum Z, Sunil B, Sailaja B, Singh SK, Prasad S, Shivaji S. Iodobacter arcticus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from meltwater stream sediment of an Arctic glacier. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2800-2805.

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Record number: 791015