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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Flavobacterium psychroterrae

Name: Flavobacterium psychroterrae Králová et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro.ter’rae. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. fem. n. terra, soil; N.L. gen. fem. n. psychroterrae, from cold soil

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

Type strain: CCM 8827; LMG 30616; P3922

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16S rRNA gene: MH100901 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kralova S, Svec P, Busse HJ, Stankova E, Vaczi P, Sedlacek I. Flavobacterium chryseum sp. nov. and Flavobacterium psychroterrae sp. nov., novel environmental bacteria isolated from Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3132-3139. 🇨🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Kralova S, Svec P, Busse HJ, Stankova E, Vaczi P, Sedlacek I. Flavobacterium chryseum sp. nov. and Flavobacterium psychroterrae sp. nov., novel environmental bacteria isolated from Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3132-3139. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 797900

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