Species Epilithonimonas psychrotolerans

Name: Epilithonimonas psychrotolerans Ge et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. psychrotolerans, cold-tolerating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: e-pi-li-t^ho-NI-mo-nas psy-k^hro-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 207182; NRRL B-51307; TSBY 57

16S rRNA gene: DQ173014 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ge L, Zhao Q, Sheng H, Wu J, An L. Epilithonimonas psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from alpine permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3777-3781. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Chryseobacterium psychrotolerans (Ge et al. 2015) Hahnke et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chryseobacterium psychrotolerans (Ge et al. 2015) Hahnke et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Epilithonimonas psychrotolerans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Epilithonimonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Epilithonimonas O'Sullivan et al. 2006

Assigned by: Ge L, Zhao Q, Sheng H, Wu J, An L. Epilithonimonas psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from alpine permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3777-3781. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 793518