Genus Cryobacterium

Name: Cryobacterium Suzuki et al. 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cry.o.bac.te’ri.um Gr. n. kryos, cold; Gr. neut. n. bakterion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Cryobacterium, a cold (preferring) rod

Type species: Cryobacterium psychrophilum (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) Suzuki et al. 1997

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Suzuki K, Sasaki J, Uramoto M, Nakase T, 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Dastager et al. 2008 Dastager SG, Lee JC, Ju YJ, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Cryobacterium mesophilum sp. nov., a novel mesophilic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1241-1244.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

Notes:
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Curtobacterium Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Inoue K, Komagata K. Taxonomic study on obligately psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctica. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1976; 22:165-176.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 15

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Cryobacterium arcticum Bajerski et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium aureum Liu et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium breve Liu et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium flavum Liu et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium levicorallinum Liu et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium luteum Liu et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium melibiosiphilum Liu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium mesophilum Dastager et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium psychrophilum (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) Suzuki et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium psychrotolerans Zhang et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium roopkundense Reddy et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium ruanii Liu et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Cryobacterium soli Gong et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
"Cryobacterium tepidiphilum" Wang et al. 2019	not validly published
Cryobacterium zongtaii Liu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.

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