Species Pseudonocardia antarctica

Name: Pseudonocardia antarctica Prabahar et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, and by extension, pertaining to the continent Antarctica

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-no-KAR-di-a ant-ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44749; DVS 5a1; JCM 12172; MTCC 4297

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ576010 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Prabahar V, Dube S, Reddy GS, Shivaji S. Pseudonocardia antarctica sp. nov. an Actinomycetes from McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:66-71. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pseudonocardia alni (Evtushenko et al. 1989) Warwick et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Pseudonocardia alni (Evtushenko et al. 1989) Warwick et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Amycolata alni Evtushenko et al. 1989	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Butdee et al. (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Amycolata alni Evtushenko et al. 1989. Publication: Butdee W, Saimee Y, Suriyachadkun C, Duangmal K. Pseudonocardia spirodelae sp. nov., isolated from duckweed and formal proposal to reclassify Pseudonocardia antarctica as a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudonocardia alni and reclassify Pseudonocardia carboxydivorans as Pseudonocardia alni subsp. carboxydivorans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6608. 🇹🇭
- ⏲ According to Butdee et al. (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudonocardia alni (Evtushenko et al. 1989) Warwick et al. 1994. Publication: Butdee W, Saimee Y, Suriyachadkun C, Duangmal K. Pseudonocardia spirodelae sp. nov., isolated from duckweed and formal proposal to reclassify Pseudonocardia antarctica as a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudonocardia alni and reclassify Pseudonocardia carboxydivorans as Pseudonocardia alni subsp. carboxydivorans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6608. 🇹🇭
- 🏢 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 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.
- ❗ Pseudonocardia antarctica 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 Pseudonocardia.
- 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The specific epithet antarctica is a L. adj. not a N.L. adj. as cited in the paper by Prabahar et al. 2004. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardia Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Prabahar V, Dube S, Reddy GS, Shivaji S. Pseudonocardia antarctica sp. nov. an Actinomycetes from McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:66-71. 🇮🇳

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Species Pseudonocardia antarctica