Name: Cryomorpha ignava Bowman et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.gna’va. L. fem. adj. ignava, lazy, pertaining to the biochemically and nutritionally inert nature of the species

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … i-N͡GNA-wa, feminine

Type strain: 1-22; ACAM 647; CIP 107453; LMG 21436; QSSC1-22

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF170738 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Nichols CM, Gibson JA. Algoriphagus ratkowskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Brumimicrobium glaciale gen. nov., sp. nov., Cryomorpha ignava gen. nov., sp. nov. and Crocinitomix catalasitica gen. nov., sp. nov., novel flavobacteria isolated from various polar habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1343-1355. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cryomorpha Bowman et al. 2003. Publication: Bowman JP, Nichols CM, Gibson JA. Algoriphagus ratkowskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Brumimicrobium glaciale gen. nov., sp. nov., Cryomorpha ignava gen. nov., sp. nov. and Crocinitomix catalasitica gen. nov., sp. nov., novel flavobacteria isolated from various polar habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1343-1355. 🇦🇺
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Cryomorpha Bowman et al. 2003

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Nichols CM, Gibson JA. Algoriphagus ratkowskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Brumimicrobium glaciale gen. nov., sp. nov., Cryomorpha ignava gen. nov., sp. nov. and Crocinitomix catalasitica gen. nov., sp. nov., novel flavobacteria isolated from various polar habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1343-1355. 🇦🇺

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