Name: Polaromonas glacialis Margesin et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gla.ci.a’lis. L. fem. adj. glacialis, icy, frozen, full of ice, referring to the frozen, icy environment from which the species was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: gla-ki-A-lis, feminine

Type strain: Cr4-12; DSM 24062; KACC 15089; LMG 26049

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: HM583568 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. — 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: 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: 790305