Name: Polaromonas vacuolata Irgens et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.cu.o.la’ta. N.L. fem. adj. vacuolata, equipped with gas vacuoles

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: po-la-RO-mo-nas wa-ku-o-LA-ta, feminine

Type strain: 34-P; ATCC 51984; CCUG 52837

16S rRNA gene: U14585 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Irgens RL, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Polaromonas vacuolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, marine, gas vacuolate bacterium from Antarctica. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:822-826. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Polaromonas Irgens et al. 1996. Publication: Irgens RL, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Polaromonas vacuolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, marine, gas vacuolate bacterium from Antarctica. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:822-826. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Polaromonas Irgens et al. 1996

Assigned by: Irgens RL, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Polaromonas vacuolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic, marine, gas vacuolate bacterium from Antarctica. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:822-826. 🇺🇸

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