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Name: Psychroflexus Bowman et al. 1999
Etymology: Psy.chro’flex.us. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. masc. perf. part. flexus, bend, curve; N.L. masc. n. Psychroflexus, cold bend
Gender: masculine (stem: Psychroflex-)
Type species: Psychroflexus torquis Bowman et al. 1999
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Lewis T, Skerratt JH, Brown JL, Nichols DS, McMeekin TA. Psychroflexus torquis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic species from Antarctic sea ice, and reclassification of Flavobacterium gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) as Psychroflexus gondwanense gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiology (Reading) 1998; 144:1601-1609.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 16
Total number of child taxa: 18
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Psychroflexus aestuariivivens Park et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus aurantiacus Wu et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus curvus Lu et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) Bowman et al. 1999 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Psychroflexus gondwanensis corrig. (Dobson et al. 1993) Bowman et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus halocasei Seiler et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Psychroflexus lacisalsi" Zhang et al. 2010 | not validly published | preferred name |
Psychroflexus longus Lu et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus maritimus Zhong et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus montanilacus Lu et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus planctonicus Zhong et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus salarius Chun et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus salinarum Yoon et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus saliphilus Jin et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus salis Zhong et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus sediminis Chen et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus torquis Bowman et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Psychroflexus tropicus Donachie et al. 2004 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by:
Bernardet JF, Nakagawa Y, Holmes B. Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1049-1070.
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Record number: 516433