Name: Paraglaciecola agarilytica (Yong et al. 2007) Shivaji and Reddy 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Glaciecola agarilytica Yong et al. 2007

Etymology: a.ga.ri.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar-agar, algal polysaccharide; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. agarilytica, agar-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KCTC 12755; LMG 23762; NO2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ784575 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shivaji S, Reddy GS. Phylogenetic analyses of the genus Glaciecola: emended description of the genus Glaciecola, transfer of Glaciecola mesophila, G. agarilytica, G. aquimarina, G. arctica, G. chathamensis, G. polaris and G. psychrophila to the genus Paraglaciecola gen. nov. as Paraglaciecola mesophila comb. nov., P. agarilytica comb. nov., P. aquimarina comb. nov., P. arctica comb. nov., P. chathamensis comb. nov., P. polaris comb. nov. and P. psychrophila comb. nov., and description of Paraglaciecola oceanifecundans sp. nov., isolated from the Southern Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3264-3275.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Glaciecola agarilytica Yong et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Emsley et al. 2024 Emsley SA, Loughran RM, Shlafstein MD, Pfannmuller KM, De La Flor YT, Lein CG, Dove NC, Koyack MJ, Oline DK, Hanson TE, et al. Fluctibacter corallii gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the coral Montipora capitata on a reef in Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i, reclassification of Aestuariibacter halophilus as Fluctibacter halophilus comb. nov., and Paraglaciecola oceanifecundans as a later heterotypic synonym of Paraglaciecola agarilytica. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:45.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2024-03-07 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20534 (N = 20).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Paraglaciecola Shivaji and Reddy 2014

Assigned by: Shivaji S, Reddy GS. Phylogenetic analyses of the genus Glaciecola: emended description of the genus Glaciecola, transfer of Glaciecola mesophila, G. agarilytica, G. aquimarina, G. arctica, G. chathamensis, G. polaris and G. psychrophila to the genus Paraglaciecola gen. nov. as Paraglaciecola mesophila comb. nov., P. agarilytica comb. nov., P. aquimarina comb. nov., P. arctica comb. nov., P. chathamensis comb. nov., P. polaris comb. nov. and P. psychrophila comb. nov., and description of Paraglaciecola oceanifecundans sp. nov., isolated from the Southern Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3264-3275.

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