Name: Colwellia beringensis Zhang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: be.ring.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. beringensis, named after the Bering Sea, the geographical origin of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KCTC 52554; MCCC 1A11668; NB097-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG016490 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang C, Guo W, Wang Y, Chen X. Colwellia beringensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Bering Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5102-5107.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cognaticolwellia beringensis (Zhang et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Colwellia Deming et al. 1988

Assigned by: Zhang C, Guo W, Wang Y, Chen X. Colwellia beringensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Bering Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5102-5107.

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