Name: Psychrobacter Juni and Heym 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Psy.chro.bac’ter. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Psychrobacter, a rod that grows at low temperatures

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Psychrobacter-), psy-k^hro-BAK-ter

Type species: Psychrobacter immobilis Juni and Heym 1986

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Juni E, Heym GA. Psychrobacter immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov.: genospecies composed of gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive coccobacilli. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:388-391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chrobacter"; "Phychrobacter"; "Pschrobacter"; "Psychrobucter"; "Psycrobacter"; "Pyschrobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Psychrobacteria".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zeng et al. (2016), Bowman et al. (1997), Yumoto et al. (2010), Shivaji et al. (2005), Yoon et al. (2005). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 34; CIP: 12; JCM: 12; KCTC: 11; CCUG: 9; LMG: 8; ATCC: 5; CECT: 5; KMM: 5; NCIMB: 5.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PSBR" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 47
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 47
Total number of child taxa: 52

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Psychrobacter adeliensis Shivaji et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter aestuarii Baik et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter alimentarius Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter aquaticus Shivaji et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter aquimaris Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter arcticus Bakermans et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter arenosus Romanenko et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter celer Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter cibarius Jung et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter ciconiae Kämpfer et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter coccoides Shang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Psychrobacter communis" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Psychrobacter communis Pallen 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter cryohalolentis Bakermans et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Psychrobacter cryopegella" Bakermans et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    Psychrobacter faecalis Kämpfer et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter fjordensis Zeng et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter fozii Bozal et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter frigidicola Bowman et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter fulvigenes Romanenko et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter glaciei Zeng et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter glacincola Bowman et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter halodurans Shang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter immobilis Juni and Heym 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter jeotgali Yoon et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter luti Bozal et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter lutiphocae Yassin and Busse 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter marincola Romanenko et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter maritimus Romanenko et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Psychrobacter muriicola" Shcherbakova et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Psychrobacter namhaensis Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter nivimaris Heuchert et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Psychrobacter noctis" Williams et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Psychrobacter oceani Matsuyama et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter okhotskensis Yumoto et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter pacificensis Maruyama et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter pasteurii Hurtado-Ortiz et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus (Bøvre and Henriksen 1967) Bowman et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter piechaudii Hurtado-Ortiz et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter piscatorii Yumoto et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter pocilloporae Zachariah et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter proteolyticus Denner et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Psychrobacter psychrophilus" Mindlin et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
    Psychrobacter pulmonis Vela et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter pygoscelis Kämpfer et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter raelei Manzulli et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter saeujeotis Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter salsus Shivaji et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter sanguinis Wirth et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter submarinus Romanenko et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter urativorans Bowman et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Psychrobacter vallis Shivaji et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991

Assigned by: Rossau R, Van Landschoot A, Gillis M, De Ley J. Taxonomy of Moraxellaceae fam. nov., a new bacterial family to accommodate the genera Moraxella, Acinetobacter, and Psychrobacter and related organisms. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:310-319.

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