Genus Psychroserpens
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
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).
Psychroserpens Bowman et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Psychroserpens burtonensis Bowman et al. 1997.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; L. masc. or fem. n. serpens, serpent; N.L. masc. n. Psychroserpens, cold serpent.
Valid publication: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (P.D.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 670-677.
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Note: The gender is not given by Bowman et al. 1997. The latin noun serpens can be in the masculine or in the feminine gender. The specific epithet of the species proposed by Bowman et al. 1997 does not allow the correct gender to be determined. According to Rule 65(1) when the original authors failed to indicate the gender, a subsequent author has the right of choice. In 2006, Kwon et al. propose the species Psychroserpens mesophilus (N.L. masculine adjective). Clearly, Kwon et al. 2006 choosed the masculine gender for the genus name Psychroserpens.
→ Psychroserpens Bowman et al. 1997 emend. Yi et al. 2012.
Reference: YI (H.), CHO (J.C.) and CHUN (J.): Flavivirga jejuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Flavivirga amylovorans sp. nov., new members of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater, and emended descriptions of the genera Psychroserpens and Lacinutrix. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1061-1068.
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Psychroserpens burtonensis Bowman et al. 1997, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACAM 188 = ATCC 700359= CIP 105822.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U62913.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. burtonensis, pertaining to Burton Lake, Antarctica, the body of water from where the organism was first isolated.
Valid publication: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (P.D.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 670-677.
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Psychroserpens damuponensis Lee et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) F051-1 = JCM 17632 = KCTC 23539.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ336490.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. damuponensis, of or pertaining to Damupo beach in Pohang, Korea, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LEE (D.H.), CHO (S.J.), KIM (S.M.) and LEE (S.B.): Psychroserpens damuponensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 703-708.
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Psychroserpens jangbogonensis Baek et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PAMC 27130=KCTC 42128=JCM 30228.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ475160.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. jangbogonensis, of or belonging to Jangbogo, the Korean research station in Antarctica.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: BAEK, K., LEE, Y. M., HWANG, C. Y., PARK, H., JUNG, Y.-J., KIM, M.-K., HONG, S. G., KIM, J. H. and LEE, H. K. 2015. Psychroserpens jangbogonensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Antarctic marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 183-188
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Psychroserpens mesophilus Kwon et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KOPRI 13649 = JCM 13413 = KCCM 42261.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ001321.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mesos, middle; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. mesophilus, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic.
Valid publication: KWON (K.K.), LEE (S.J.), PARK (J.H.), AHN (T.Y.) and LEE (H.K.): Psychroserpens mesophilus sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium belonging to the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a young biofilm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1055-1058.
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