Name: Colwellia psychrerythraea corrig. (ex D'Aoust and Kushner 1972) Deming et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: psychr.e.ry.thrae’a. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. adj. erythraeus -a -um, reddish; N.L. fem. adj. psychrerythraea, psychrophilic and reddish

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … psyk^hr-e-ry-T^HRA͡E-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27364; DSM 8813

16S rRNA gene: AB011364 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Deming JW, Somers LK, Straube WL, Swartz DG, MacDonell MT. Isolation of an obligately barophilic bacterium and description of a new genus, Colwellia gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:152-160.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Vibrio psychroerythrus" D'Aoust and Kushner 1972	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Colwellia psychroerythrus (ex D'Aoust and Kushner 1972) Deming et al. 1988	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Colwellia Deming et al. 1988. Publication: Deming JW, Somers LK, Straube WL, Swartz DG, MacDonald MT. Isolation of an obligately barophilic bacterium and description of a new genus, Colwellia gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:152-160.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 69 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, psychroerythrus (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1998. Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 26, Colwellia psychrerythraea corrig. is proposed as a new combination (basonym: "Vibrio psychroerythrus" MacDonald and Colwell 1985). Publication: Euzéby JP. Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1073-1075. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 26, the last author's name is erroneously cited as MacDONALD (M.T.). Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The type strain has been designated by the authors in a personal communication to the Associate Editor, IJSB. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Parent taxon: Colwellia Deming et al. 1988

Assigned by: Deming JW, Somers LK, Straube WL, Swartz DG, MacDonell MT. Isolation of an obligately barophilic bacterium and description of a new genus, Colwellia gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:152-160.

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