sp. nov. isolated from Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.

A Gram-stain-variable, aerobic, orange pigmented, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative, cocci-shaped bacterium, designated SM7_A14, isolated from glacier fed sediment sample collected from the Queen Maud Land, near India's Maitri station in Antarctica. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed highest sequence similarity with DSM 22350 (97.3 %), demonstrated distinct phylogenetic positioning of strain SM7_A14 within the genus .