Name: Polaribacter sargassicola Li et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sar.gas.si’co.la. N.L. neut. n. Sargassum, genus name of a planktonic macroalga; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. sargassicola, a dweller of Sargassum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: po-la-ri-BAK-ter sar-gas-SI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: DS7-9; KCTC 102076; MCCC 1K08670

16S rRNA gene: MZ227378 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Li J, Mao A, Peng C, Li L, Li B, Zhou L, Xu Y, Zhong M, Hu Z. Isolation and characterization of Polaribacter sargassicola sp. nov. and Algibacter ulvanivorans sp. nov.: two novel species with ability to degrade algal polysaccharides. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:99. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Polaribacter Gosink et al. 1998

Assigned by: Li J, Mao A, Peng C, Li L, Li B, Zhou L, Xu Y, Zhong M, Hu Z. Isolation and characterization of Polaribacter sargassicola sp. nov. and Algibacter ulvanivorans sp. nov.: two novel species with ability to degrade algal polysaccharides. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:99. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 70328

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