Name: Alpinimonas psychrophila Schumann et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; Gr. fem. adj. philê, liking, loving; N.L. fem. adj. psychrophila, cold-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Cr8-25; DSM 23737; LMG 26215

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU784868 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schumann P, Zhang DC, Redzic M, Margesin R. Alpinimonas psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2724-2730.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alpinimonas Schumann et al. 2012. Publication: Schumann P, Zhang DC, Redzic M, Margesin R. Alpinimonas psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2724-2730.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Alpinimonas Schumann et al. 2012

Assigned by: Schumann P, Zhang DC, Redzic M, Margesin R. Alpinimonas psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2724-2730.

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Record number: 790276