Genus Psychromicrobium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Psychromicrobium Schumann et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Psychromicrobium silvestre Schumann et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Psychromicrobium, microbe growing at low temperatures.
Valid publication: SCHUMANN, P., ZHANG, D. C., FRANCA, L., ALBUQUERQUE, L., DA COSTA, M. S. and MARGESIN, R. 2017. Psychromicrobium silvestre gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from alpine forest soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 640-645.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Psychromicrobium lacuslunae Kiran et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IHBB 11108=MTCC 12460=MCC 2780=JCM 31143=KACC 19070.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU921532.
Etymology: L. masc. n. lacus, lake; L. fem. n. luna, the moon: N.L. gen. n. lacuslunae, of Moon Lake (Chandra Tal, India) from where the strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: KIRAN, S., SCHUMANN, P., BUSSE, H. J., SPROER, C., RANA, A., PAL, M., KORPOLE, S., TEWARI, R. and GULATI, A. 2018. Psychromicrobium lacuslunae sp. nov., isolated from a high altitude lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3416-3423.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Psychromicrobium silvestre Schumann et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AK20-18=DSM 102047=LMG 29369.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP899144.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. silvestre, from a forest.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: SCHUMANN, P., ZHANG, D. C., FRANCA, L., ALBUQUERQUE, L., DA COSTA, M. S. and MARGESIN, R. 2017. Psychromicrobium silvestre gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from alpine forest soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 640-645.
Original article in IJSEM Online