Name: Ursidibacter maritimus Hansen et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.mus. L. masc. adj. maritimus, of the sea, marine, referring to Ursus maritimus from which the strains were isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 65144; DSM 28137; Pb43106

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ632968 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ursidibacter Hansen et al. 2015. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 793292