Name: Glaciecola psychrophila Zhang et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. psychrophila, cold loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gla-ki-E-ko-la psy-K^HRO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: 170; CGMCC 1.6130; JCM 13954

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ007436 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang DC, Yu Y, Chen B, Wang HX, Liu HC, Dong XZ, Zhou PJ. Glaciecola psychrophila sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Arctic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2867-2869. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paraglaciecola psychrophila (Zhang et al. 2006) Shivaji and Reddy 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paraglaciecola psychrophila (Zhang et al. 2006) Shivaji and Reddy 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Glaciecola psychrophila 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 Glaciecola.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998

Assigned by: Zhang DC, Yu Y, Chen B, Wang HX, Liu HC, Dong XZ, Zhou PJ. Glaciecola psychrophila sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Arctic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2867-2869. 🇨🇳

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