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Name: Psychrobacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2011
Etymology: Psy.chro.ba.cil.lus. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Psychrobacillus, cold loving rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Psychrobacill-)
Type species: Psychrobacillus insolitus (Larkin and Stokes 1967) Krishnamurthi et al. 2011
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Krishnamurthi S, Ruckmani A, Pukall R, Chakrabarti T. Psychrobacillus gen. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Bacillus insolitus Larkin & Stokes, 1967, B. psychrotolerans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 and B. psychrodurans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 as Psychrobacillus insolitus comb. nov., Psychrobacillus psychrotolerans comb. nov. and Psychrobacillus psychrodurans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:367-373.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 10
Parent taxon: Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821.
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Record number: 518073