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Species Maribacter antarcticus
Name: Maribacter antarcticus Zhang et al. 2009
Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. antarcticus, southern, by extension pertaining to the Antarctic, the environment from where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: ant-ARK-ti-kus, masculine
Type strain: CL-AP4; DSM 21422; JCM 15445; KCCM 90069
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EU512921
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Zhang GI, Hwang CY, Kang SH, Cho BC. Maribacter antarcticus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from a culture of the Antarctic green alga Pyramimonas gelidicola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1455-1459. 
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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
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00517 (N = 120).
- 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪
Parent taxon: Maribacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004
Assigned by:
Zhang GI, Hwang CY, Kang SH, Cho BC. Maribacter antarcticus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from a culture of the Antarctic green alga Pyramimonas gelidicola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1455-1459. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 787931
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