Genus Psychrosphaera
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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").
Psychrosphaera Park et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Psychrosphaera saromensis Park et al. 2011.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; L. fem. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Psychrosphaera, a cold sphere.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 139. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1011-1013.
Effective publication: PARK (S.), YOSHIZAWA (S.), HAMASAKI (K.), KOGURE (K.) and YOKOTA (A.): Psychrosphaera saromensis gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family Pseudoalteromonadaceae, isolated from Lake Saroma, Japan. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2010, 56, 475-480.
Validation List no. 139 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The Latin noun sphaera, cited in the etymology, is a L. fem. n., not a M.L. fem. n. as cited in the paper by Park et al. 2011.
→ Psychrosphaera Park et al. 2011 emend. Lee et al. 2014.
Reference: LEE, J. H., BAIK, K. S., KIM, D. and SEONG, C. N. 2014. Psychrosphaera aestuarii sp. nov. and Psychrosphaera haliotis sp. nov., isolated from the marine environment, and emended description of the genus Psychrosphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1952-1957.
Original article.
Psychrosphaera aestuarii Lee et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PSC101=KCTC 32274=JCM 19496.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX854537.
Etymology: L. gen. n. aestuarii, of the tidal flat, from where the organism was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LEE, J. H., BAIK, K. S., KIM, D. and SEONG, C. N. 2014. Psychrosphaera aestuarii sp. nov. and Psychrosphaera haliotis sp. nov., isolated from the marine environment, and emended description of the genus Psychrosphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1952-1957.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Psychrosphaera aquimarina Pheng et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SW33=KCTC 52743=CICC 24249.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY497449.
Etymology: L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus, from the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, from seawater.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PHENG, S., AYYADURAI, N., PARK, A. Y. and KIM, S. G. 2017. Psychrosphaera aquimarina sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from seawater collected from Asan Bay, Republic of Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4820-4824.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Psychrosphaera haliotis Lee et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KDW4=KCTC 22500=JCM 16340.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU930871.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. haliotis, of Haliotis, scientific name of abalones, which the micro-organism inhabits.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LEE, J. H., BAIK, K. S., KIM, D. and SEONG, C. N. 2014. Psychrosphaera aestuarii sp. nov. and Psychrosphaera haliotis sp. nov., isolated from the marine environment, and emended description of the genus Psychrosphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1952-1957.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Psychrosphaera saromensis Park et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SA4-48 = KCTC 23240 = NBRC 107123.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB545807.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. saromensis, of or belonging to Lake Saroma, where organisms were collected.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 139. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1011-1013.
Effective publication: PARK (S.), YOSHIZAWA (S.), HAMASAKI (K.), KOGURE (K.) and YOKOTA (A.): Psychrosphaera saromensis gen. nov., sp. nov., within the family Pseudoalteromonadaceae, isolated from Lake Saroma, Japan. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2010, 56, 475-480.
Validation List no. 139 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online