Name: Gelidibacter algens Bowman et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gens. L. part. adj. algens, feeling cold, referring to the low temperature of the typical habitats of this species; from L. v. algeo, to be cold, feel cold

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACAM 536; ATCC 700364; DSM 12408

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U62914 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Brown JL, Nichols PD, McMeekin TA. Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:670-677.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gelidibacter Bowman et al. 1997. Publication: Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Brown JL, Nichols PD, McMeekin TA. Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:670-677.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Gelidibacter Bowman et al. 1997

Assigned by: Bowman JP, McCammon SA, Brown JL, Nichols PD, McMeekin TA. Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:670-677.

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