Name: Polaromonas cryoconiti Margesin et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cry.o.co.ni’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. cryoconiti, from cryoconite, the material from which the species was isolated [probably better: cryoconitis]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Cr4-35; DSM 24278; KACC 15090; LMG 26050

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: HM583567 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Margesin R, Sproer C, Zhang DC, Busse HJ. Polaromonas glacialis sp. nov. and Polaromonas cryoconiti sp. nov., isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2662-2668.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Margesin et al. 2012, the type strain DSM 24278 is erroneously cited as 24248. — Tindall BJ. Personal communication, 2012-11-22.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2013; 63:398.

Parent taxon: Polaromonas Irgens et al. 1996

Assigned by: Margesin R, Sproer C, Zhang DC, Busse HJ. Polaromonas glacialis sp. nov. and Polaromonas cryoconiti sp. nov., isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2662-2668.

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Record number: 790304