Name: "Curtobacterium psychrophilum" Inoue and Komagata 1976

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro.phi’lum. N.L. neut. adj. psychrophilum, cold-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43563; CIP 105227; DSM 4854; IAM 12024; IFO 15735; JCM 1463; K. Inoue and K. Komagata 27-O-b; NBRC 15735; NCIMB 2068; NCMB 2068; VKM Ac-2100

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16S rRNA gene: AJ544063 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Inoue K, Komagata K. Taxonomic study on obligately psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctica. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1976; 22:165-176.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cryobacterium psychrophilum (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) Suzuki et al. 1997

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cryobacterium psychrophilum (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) Suzuki et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Curtobacterium Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Inoue K, Komagata K. Taxonomic study on obligately psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctica. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1976; 22:165-176.

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