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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Cryobacterium roopkundense

Name: Cryobacterium roopkundense Reddy et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: roop.kun.den’se. N.L. neut. adj. roopkundense, of or pertaining to Lake Roopkund, the area from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kry-o-bak-TE-ri-um roop-kun-DEN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 21065; JCM 15131; RuGl7

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16S rRNA gene: EF467640 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Reddy GS, Pradhan S, Manorama R, Shivaji S. Cryobacterium roopkundense sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from glacial soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:866-870. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Cryobacterium Suzuki et al. 1997

Assigned by: Reddy GS, Pradhan S, Manorama R, Shivaji S. Cryobacterium roopkundense sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from glacial soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:866-870. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 788461

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