Species Sanguibacter antarcticus

Name: Sanguibacter antarcticus Hong et al. 2008

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. antarcticus, southern, pertaining to the Antarctic, the geographical origin of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: san-gu͡i-BAK-ter ant-ARK-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 18966; JCM 14623; KCTC 13143; KOPRI 21702

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF211071 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hong SG, Lee YK, Yim JH, Chun J, Lee HK. Sanguibacter antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic sea sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:50-52. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Pikuta et al. 2017 Pikuta EV, Lyu Z, Williams MD, Patel NB, Liu Y, Hoover RB, Busse HJ, Lawson PA, Whitman WB. Sanguibacter gelidistatuariae sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant anaerobe from an ice sculpture in Antarctica, and emendation of descriptions of the family Sanguibacteraceae, the genus Sanguibacter and species S. antarcticus, S. inulinus, S. kedieii, S. marinus, S. soli and S. suarezii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1442-1450. 🇺🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Sanguibacter Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 1995

Assigned by: Hong SG, Lee YK, Yim JH, Chun J, Lee HK. Sanguibacter antarcticus sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic sea sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:50-52. 🇰🇷

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