Name: Maribacter arcticus Cho et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. arcticus, northern, pertaining to the Arctic, the geographical origin of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ma-ri-BAK-ter ARK-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23546; JCM 14790; KCTC 22053; KOPRI 20941

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY771762 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cho KH, Hong SG, Cho HH, Lee YK, Chun J, Lee HK. Maribacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Arctic marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1300-1303. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1995-1996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Weerawongwiwat et al. 2013 Weerawongwiwat V, Kang H, Jung MY, Kim W. Maribacter chungangensis sp. nov., isolated from a green seaweed, and emended descriptions of the genus Maribacter and Maribacter arcticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2553-2558. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07961 (N = 119).
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Maribacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Assigned by: Cho KH, Hong SG, Cho HH, Lee YK, Chun J, Lee HK. Maribacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Arctic marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1300-1303. 🇰🇷

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