Name: Leeuwenhoekiella polynyae Si et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.ny.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. polynyae, of a polynya, an area of open water surrounded by sea ice where the organism was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 30387; KCTC 42185; SOJ2014-1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM101107 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Si OJ, Kim SJ, Jung MY, Choi SB, Kim JG, Kim SG, Roh SW, Lee S, Rhee SK. Leeuwenhoekiella polynyae sp. nov., isolated from a polynya in western Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1694-1699. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Tahon et al. 2020 Tahon G, Lebbe L, De Troch M, Sabbe K, Willems A. Leeuwenhoekiella aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from salt-water sediment and first insights in the genomes of Leeuwenhoekiella species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1706-1719. 🇧🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Leeuwenhoekiella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Si OJ, Kim SJ, Jung MY, Choi SB, Kim JG, Kim SG, Roh SW, Lee S, Rhee SK. Leeuwenhoekiella polynyae sp. nov., isolated from a polynya in western Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1694-1699. 🇰🇷

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.792791Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 792791