Genus Psychroflexus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 11
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Psychroflexus Bowman et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Psychroflexus torquis Bowman et al. 1999.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold cold; L. masc. n. flexus, a bending, turning, curve; N.L. masc. n. Psychroflexus, cold bending.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 68. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1-3.
Effective publication: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), LEWIS (T.), SKERRATT (J.H.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (D.S.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroflexus torquis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic species from Antarctic sea ice, and reclassification of Flavobacterium gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) as Psychroflexus gondwanense gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiology, 1998, 144, 1601-1609.
Validation List no. 68 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Psychroflexus aestuariivivens Park et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DB-3=KCTC 52037=NBRC 111757.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU167714.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. neut. n. aestuarium -i, tidal flat; L. part. vivens, living; N.L. part. adj. aestuariivivens, living in a tidal flat.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., JUNG, Y. T., PARK, J. M., KIM, S. G. and YOON, J. H. 2016. Psychroflexus aestuariivivens sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2146-2151.
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Psychroflexus gondwanensis corrig. (Dobson et al. 1993) Bowman et al. 1999, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACAM 44 = ATCC 51278= CCUG 33444 = CIP 104040 = DSM 5423 = LMG 13192.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M92278.
Basonym: ¤ Flavobacterium gondwanense Dobson et al. 1993.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. gondwanensis, pertaining to Gondwanaland or Gondwana, one of the two ancient supercontinents, which originally included Antarctica and other, separate continental landmasses.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 68. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1-3.
Effective publication: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), LEWIS (T.), SKERRATT (J.H.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (D.S.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroflexus torquis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic species from Antarctic sea ice, and reclassification of Flavobacterium gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) as Psychroflexus gondwanense gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiology, 1998, 144, 1601-1609.
Validation List no. 68 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Notes:
1 The original spelling of the specific epithet, gondwanense (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation List no. 68 (footnote ‡). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1-3.
Validation List no. 68 in IJSEM Online
2 On the Validation List no. 68 and in the paper by Bowman et al. 1998, the type strain is erroneously cited as ACAM 48.
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1952.
Validation List no. 68 in IJSEM Online
Psychroflexus halocasei Seiler et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WCC 4520 = WS 4520 = CCUG 59705 = LMG 25857.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR714910.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. n. caseus, cheese; N.L. gen. n. halocasei, a (moderate) halophile of cheese.
Valid publication: SEILER (H.), BLEICHER (A.), BUSSE (H.J.), HÜFNER (J.) and SCHERER (S.): Psychroflexus halocasei sp. nov., isolated from a microbial consortium on a cheese. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1850-1856.
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Psychroflexus planctonicus Zhong et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) X15M-8=CGMCC 1.12931=JCM 30616.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ782429.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. planctonicus (from Gr. adj. planctos, wandering), living in the plankton, planktonic.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: ZHONG, Z. P., LIU, Y., WANG, F., ZHOU, Y. G., LIU, H. C. and LIU, Z. P. 2016. Psychroflexus salis sp. nov. and Psychroflexus planctonicus sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 125-131.
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Psychroflexus salarius Chun et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MIC1008=KACC 17063=DSM 25661.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ390292.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. salarius, of salt.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: CHUN, J., KANG, J. Y. and JAHNG, K. Y. 2014. Psychroflexus salarius sp. nov., isolated from Gomso salt pan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3467-3472.
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Psychroflexus salinarum Yoon et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ISL-14 = CCUG 56752 = KCTC 22483.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU874390.
Etymology: L. pl. gen. n. salinarum, of salterns.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), JUNG (Y.T.) and OH (T.K.): Psychroflexus salinarum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2404-2407.
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Psychroflexus saliphilus Jin et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WDS4A13=MCCC 1H00134=KCTC 52043.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX155775.
Etymology: L. n. sal, salis, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. saliphilus, salt-loving.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: JIN, S., XIA, J., DUNLAP, C. A., ROONEY, A. P. and DU, Z. J. 2016. Psychroflexus saliphilus sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5124-5128.
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Psychroflexus salis Zhong et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) X15M-6=CGMCC 1.12925=JCM 30615.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ782428.
Etymology: L. gen. n. salis, of salt.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: ZHONG, Z. P., LIU, Y., WANG, F., ZHOU, Y. G., LIU, H. C. and LIU, Z. P. 2016. Psychroflexus salis sp. nov. and Psychroflexus planctonicus sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 125-131.
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Psychroflexus sediminis Chen et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM-C238 = CCTCC AA 207030 = KCTC 22166.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU135715.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of sediment.
Valid publication: CHEN (Y.G.), CUI (X.L.), WANG (Y.X.), TANG (S.K.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), LI (W.J.), LIU (J.H.), PENG (Q.) and XU (L.H.): Psychroflexus sediminis sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from salt lake sediment in China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 569-573.
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Psychroflexus torquis Bowman et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 651 = ACAM 623 = ATCC 700755= CIP 106069.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U85881.
Etymology: L. n. torquis, a twisted neck-chain, referring to coiling of cellular filaments.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 68. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1-3.
Effective publication: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), LEWIS (T.), SKERRATT (J.H.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (D.S.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroflexus torquis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic species from Antarctic sea ice, and reclassification of Flavobacterium gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) as Psychroflexus gondwanense gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiology, 1998, 144, 1601-1609.
Validation List no. 68 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Psychroflexus tropicus Donachie et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LA1 = ATCC BAA-734 = DSM 15496.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF513434.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, relating to its isolation from a subtropical lake.
Valid publication: DONACHIE (S.P.), BOWMAN (J.P.) and ALAM (M.): Psychroflexus tropicus sp. nov., an obligately halophilic Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group bacterium from an Hawaiian hypersaline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 935-940.
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