Name: Kocuria polaris Reddy et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.la’ris. M.L. fem. adj. polaris, of, or pertaining to, a pole

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CMS 76or; DSM 14382; JCM 12076; MTCC 3702; NBRC 103063

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Valid publication: Reddy GS, Prakash JS, Prabahar V, Matsumoto GI, Stackebrandt E, Shivaji S. Kocuria polaris sp. nov., an orange-pigmented psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Antarctic cyanobacterial mat sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:183-187. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris (Reddy et al. 2003) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris (Reddy et al. 2003) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Kocuria polaris is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Kocuria.
  • 😷 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 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Reddy GS, Prakash JS, Prabahar V, Matsumoto GI, Stackebrandt E, Shivaji S. Kocuria polaris sp. nov., an orange-pigmented psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Antarctic cyanobacterial mat sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:183-187. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 777196