Name: Kocuria rosea subsp. polaris (Reddy et al. 2003) Ghodhbane-Gtari et al. 2024

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Kocuria polaris Reddy et al. 2003

Etymology: po.la’ris. M.L. fem. adj. polaris, of, or pertaining to, a pole

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CMS 76or; DSM 14382; JCM 12076; MTCC 3702; NBRC 103063

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ278868 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Haj Nasr MA, Gatri R, Gtari M. Taxonomic note on Kocuria and Rothia: taxogenomic insights for addressing misidentifications and proposing new combinations and new subspecies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6586.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kocuria polaris Reddy et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24187 (N = 1).
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kocuria rosea (Flügge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995

Assigned by: Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Haj Nasr MA, Gatri R, Gtari M. Taxonomic note on Kocuria and Rothia: taxogenomic insights for addressing misidentifications and proposing new combinations and new subspecies. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6586.

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Record number: 55535