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Species Flavobacterium psychrolimnae

Name: Flavobacterium psychrolimnae Van Trappen et al. 2005

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro.lim’nae. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. fem. n. limna, lake; N.L. gen. fem. n. psychrolimnae, of a cold lake

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wo-bak-TE-ri-um psy-khro-LIM-na͡e, neuter

Type strain: CIP 108326; DSM 16141; LMG 22018; NBRC 102679

16S rRNA gene: AJ585428 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Van Trappen S, Vandecandelaere I, Mergaert J, Swings J. Flavobacterium fryxellicola sp. nov. and Flavobacterium psychrolimnae sp. nov., novel psychrophilic bacteria isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:769-772. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Van Trappen S, Vandecandelaere I, Mergaert J, Swings J. Flavobacterium fryxellicola sp. nov. and Flavobacterium psychrolimnae sp. nov., novel psychrophilic bacteria isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:769-772. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 776262