Name: Glaciibacter psychrotolerans (Ganzert et al. 2011) Gtari et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Leifsonia psychrotolerans Ganzert et al. 2011

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … psy-k^hro-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 22824; LI1; NCCB 100313

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ406810 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gtari M, Boussoufa D, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Sbissi I. Taxonomic rearrangement of Salinibacterium, Leifsonia, Diaminobutyricibacter, Antiquaquibacter, Homoserinimonas and Glaciibacter: refining genus boundaries and proposal of two new genera - Orlajensenia gen. nov. and Leifsonella gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6809. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Leifsonia psychrotolerans Ganzert et al. 2011

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leifsonia psychrotolerans Ganzert et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Glaciibacter 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 Glaciibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-07-01.
  • 🙅 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Glaciibacter Katayama et al. 2009

Assigned by: Gtari M, Boussoufa D, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Sbissi I. Taxonomic rearrangement of Salinibacterium, Leifsonia, Diaminobutyricibacter, Antiquaquibacter, Homoserinimonas and Glaciibacter: refining genus boundaries and proposal of two new genera - Orlajensenia gen. nov. and Leifsonella gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6809. 🇹🇳

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Record number: 66195