Name: Ursidibacter arcticus Hansen et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. arcticus, northern, Arctic, referring to Ursus arctos from which the strains were isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ARK-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: Bamse61; CCUG 65145; DSM 28138

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16S rRNA gene: KJ632969 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Johanne Hansen M, Strom Braaten M, Miki Bojesen A, Christensen H, Sonne C, Dietz R, Frost Bertelsen M. Ursidibacter maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ursidibacter arcticus sp. nov., two new members of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from the oral cavity of bears. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3683-3689. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Ursidibacter Hansen et al. 2015

Assigned by: Johanne Hansen M, Strom Braaten M, Miki Bojesen A, Christensen H, Sonne C, Dietz R, Frost Bertelsen M. Ursidibacter maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ursidibacter arcticus sp. nov., two new members of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from the oral cavity of bears. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3683-3689. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 793293