Name: Polaribacter undariae Park et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: un.da’ri.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. undariae, of Undaria, the generic name of the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida, from a reservoir of which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8670; KCTC 42175; W-BA7

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM458974 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Park JM, Jung YT, Lee KH, Yoon JH. Polaribacter undariae sp. nov., isolated from a brown alga reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1679-1685. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Polaribacter sejongensis Kim et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Polaribacter sejongensis Kim et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Baek et al. (2024), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Polaribacter sejongensis Kim et al. 2013. Publication: Baek JH, Butt M, Han DM, Kim JM, Choi S, Jeon CO. Polaribacter ponticola sp. nov., isolated from seawater, reclassification of Polaribacter undariae as a later heterotypic synonym of Polaribacter sejongensis, and emended description of Polaribacter sejongensis Kim et al. 2013. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6526. 🇰🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6556.
  • ❗ Polaribacter undariae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Polaribacter.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Polaribacter Gosink et al. 1998

Assigned by: Park S, Park JM, Jung YT, Lee KH, Yoon JH. Polaribacter undariae sp. nov., isolated from a brown alga reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1679-1685. 🇰🇷

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/polaribacter-undariaeCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 792792