Genus Cryobacterium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 9
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Cryobacterium Suzuki et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cryobacterium psychrophilum (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) Suzuki et al. 1997.
Etymology: Gr. n. kruos, icy cold; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Cryobacterium, a cold [preferring] rod.
Valid publication: SUZUKI (K.I.), SASAKI (J.), URAMOTO (M.), NAKASE (T.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Cryobacterium psychrophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov., an obligately psychrophilic actinomycete to accommodate "Curtobacterium psychrophilum" Inoue and Komagata 1976. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 474-478.
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→ Cryobacterium Suzuki et al. 1997 emend. Dastager et al. 2008.
Reference: DASTAGER (S.G.), LEE (J.C.), JU (Y.J.), PARK (D.J.) and KIM (C.J.): Cryobacterium mesophilum sp. nov., a novel mesophilic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1241-1244.
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Cryobacterium arcticum Bajerski et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SK1 = DSM 22823 = NCCB 100316.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ406814.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. arcticum, northern, arctic, from the Arctic, referring to the place from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: BAJERSKI (F.), GANZERT (L.), MANGELSDORF (K.), LIPSKI (A.) and WAGNER (D.): Cryobacterium arcticum sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium from an Arctic soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1849-1853.
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Cryobacterium aureum Liu et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Hh31=NBRC 107882=CGMCC 1.11213.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF267311.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: SRP115596.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. aureum, gold-colored, yellow, referring to the light yellow colour of colonies.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: LIU, Q., XIN, Y. H., CHEN, X. L., LIU, H. C., ZHOU, Y. G. and CHEN, W. X. 2018. Cryobacterium aureum sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from glacier ice collected from the ice tongue surface. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1173-1176.
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Cryobacterium flavum Liu et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Hh8 = CGMCC 1.11215 = NBRC 107879.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ845195.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. flavum, yellow, pertaining to the colour of colonies.
Valid publication: LIU (Q.), LIU (H.), WEN (Y.), ZHOU (Y.) and XIN (Y.): Cryobacterium flavum sp. nov. and Cryobacterium luteum sp. nov., isolated from glacier ice. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1296-1299.
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Cryobacterium levicorallinum Liu et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Hh34=NBRC 107883=CGMCC 1.11211.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF267312 .
Etymology: L. adj. levis, light; L. adj. corallinus, similar to corals; N.L. n. adj. levicorallinum light-coral, referring to the light-coral colour of colonies.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Reference: LIU, Q., LIU, H., ZHANG, J., ZHOU, Y. and XIN, Y. 2013. Cryobacterium levicorallinum sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from glacier. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 2819-2822.
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Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Hh15 = CGMCC 1.11210 = NBRC 107880.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ845193.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. luteum, lemon yellow, pertaining to the colony colour.
Valid publication: LIU (Q.), LIU (H.), WEN (Y.), ZHOU (Y.) and XIN (Y.): Cryobacterium flavum sp. nov. and Cryobacterium luteum sp. nov., isolated from glacier ice. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1296-1299.
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Cryobacterium mesophilum Dastager et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MSL-15 = DSM 19267 = JCM 16539 = KCTC 19270.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF466127.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mesos, middle; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic.
Valid publication: DASTAGER (S.G.), LEE (J.C.), JU (Y.J.), PARK (D.J.) and KIM (C.J.): Cryobacterium mesophilum sp. nov., a novel mesophilic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1241-1244.
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Cryobacterium psychrophilum (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) Suzuki et al. 1997, nom. rev., comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K. Inoue and K. Komagata 27-O-b = ATCC 43563= CIP 105227 = DSM 4854 = IAM 12024 = IFO (now NBRC) 15735 = JCM 1463 = NCIMB 2068 = VKM Ac-2100.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ544063.
Synonym: "Curtobacterium psychrophilum" Inoue and Komagata 1976.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. neut. adj. philon), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. psychrophilum, cold loving.
Valid publication: SUZUKI (K.I.), SASAKI (J.), URAMOTO (M.), NAKASE (T.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Cryobacterium psychrophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov., an obligately psychrophilic actinomycete to accommodate "Curtobacterium psychrophilum" Inoue and Komagata 1976. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 474-478.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Suzuki et al. 1997, Cryobacterium psychrophilum is erroneously cited as Cryobacterium psychrophilum sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov. (see Rule 33d).
Cryobacterium psychrotolerans Zhang et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 0549 = CGMCC 1.5382 = JCM 13925.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ515963.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. psychrotolerans, cold-tolerating.
Valid publication: ZHANG (D.C.), WANG (H.X.), CUI (H.L.), YANG (Y.), LIU (H.C.), DONG (X.Z.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Cryobacterium psychrotolerans sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from the China No.1 glacier. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 866-869.
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Cryobacterium roopkundense Reddy et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RuGl7 = DSM 21065 = JCM 15131.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF467640.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. roopkundense, of or pertaining to Lake Roopkund, the area from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: REDDY (G.S.N.), PRADHAN (S.), MANORAMA (R.) and SHIVAJI (S.): Cryobacterium roopkundense sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from glacial soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 866-870.
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