Name: Polymorphobacter megasporae Noh et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ga’spo.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. megasporae, of a lichen specimen of the genus Megaspora, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-GA-spo-ra͡e, masculine

Type strain: JCM 34545; KCTC 82578; PAMC 29362

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16S rRNA gene: MW507628 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Noh HJ, Park Y, Yang J, Jang S, Lee H, Lee YM. Polymorphobacter megasporae sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic lichen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5535. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5681.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Glacieibacterium megasporae (Noh et al. 2022) Wang et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Glacieibacterium megasporae (Noh et al. 2022) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Polymorphobacter megasporae 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 Polymorphobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Polymorphobacter Fukuda et al. 2014

Assigned by: Noh HJ, Park Y, Yang J, Jang S, Lee H, Lee YM. Polymorphobacter megasporae sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic lichen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5535. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 30169