Name: Paenisporosarcina antarctica (Yu et al. 2008) Reddy et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sporosarcina antarctica Yu et al. 2008

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, of the Antarctic, where the first isolate was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: … ant-ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6503; DSM 21991; JCM 14646; N-05

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF154512 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Reddy GS, Manasa BP, Singh SK, Shivaji S. Paenisporosarcina indica sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium from a glacier, and reclassification of Sporosarcina antarctica Yu et al., 2008 as Paenisporosarcina antarctica comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Paenisporosarcina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2927-2933. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sporosarcina antarctica Yu et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Paenisporosarcina Krishnamurthi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Reddy GS, Manasa BP, Singh SK, Shivaji S. Paenisporosarcina indica sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium from a glacier, and reclassification of Sporosarcina antarctica Yu et al., 2008 as Paenisporosarcina antarctica comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Paenisporosarcina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2927-2933. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 791027