Species Muricauda antarctica

Name: Muricauda antarctica Wu et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, of the Antarctic, the environment from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mu-ri-KA͡U-da ant-ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: Ar-22; CGMCC 1.12174; DSM 26351; JCM 18450

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN166984 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu YH, Yu PS, Zhou YD, Xu L, Wang CS, Wu M, Oren A, Xu XW. Muricauda antarctica sp. nov., a marine member of the Flavobacteriaceae isolated from Antarctic seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3451-3456. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Flagellimonas taeanensis (Kim et al. 2013) Molinari Novoa et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allomuricauda taeanensis (Kim et al. 2013) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Flagellimonas antarctica (Wu et al. 2013) Molinari Novoa et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Flagellimonas taeanensis (Kim et al. 2013) Molinari Novoa et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Muricauda taeanensis Kim et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Allomuricauda antarctica (Wu et al. 2013) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Zhang et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Flagellimonas taeanensis (Kim et al. 2013) Molinari Novoa et al. 2024. Publication: Zhang Y, Gao Y, Pei J, Cao J, Xie Z, Liu R, Wang L, Wei Y, Fang J. Muricauda hadalis sp. nov., a novel piezophile isolated from hadopelagic water of the Mariana Trench and reclassification of Muricauda antarctica as a later heterotypic synonym of Muricauda teanensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4315-4320. 🇨🇳
  • ⏲ According to Zhang et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Muricauda taeanensis Kim et al. 2013. Publication: Zhang Y, Gao Y, Pei J, Cao J, Xie Z, Liu R, Wang L, Wei Y, Fang J. Muricauda hadalis sp. nov., a novel piezophile isolated from hadopelagic water of the Mariana Trench and reclassification of Muricauda antarctica as a later heterotypic synonym of Muricauda teanensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4315-4320. 🇨🇳
  • ⏲ According to Zhang et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Allomuricauda taeanensis (Kim et al. 2013) Deshmukh and Oren 2023. Publication: Zhang Y, Gao Y, Pei J, Cao J, Xie Z, Liu R, Wang L, Wei Y, Fang J. Muricauda hadalis sp. nov., a novel piezophile isolated from hadopelagic water of the Mariana Trench and reclassification of Muricauda antarctica as a later heterotypic synonym of Muricauda teanensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4315-4320. 🇨🇳
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5187-5189.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Muricauda Bruns et al. 2001

Assigned by: Wu YH, Yu PS, Zhou YD, Xu L, Wang CS, Wu M, Oren A, Xu XW. Muricauda antarctica sp. nov., a marine member of the Flavobacteriaceae isolated from Antarctic seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3451-3456. 🇨🇳

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