Name: Carnobacterium pleistocenium Pikuta et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ple.is.to.ce.ni.um. N.L. neut. adj. pleistocenium, belonging to the Pleistocene, a geological epoch

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-754; CIP 108033; DSM 17715; FTR1; JCM 12174

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF450136 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pikuta EV, Marsic D, Bej A, Tang J, Krader P, Hoover RB. Carnobacterium pleistocenium sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant, facultative anaerobe isolated from permafrost of the Fox Tunnel in Alaska. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:473-478.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Pikuta EV, Marsic D, Bej A, Tang J, Krader P, Hoover RB. Carnobacterium pleistocenium sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant, facultative anaerobe isolated from permafrost of the Fox Tunnel in Alaska. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:473-478.

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Record number: 774489