Name: Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans Bajerski et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: psy-k^hro-TO-le-rans, neuter

Type strain: DSM 26001; LMG 27282; PB1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JN390675 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bajerski F, Ganzert L, Mangelsdorf K, Lipski A, Busse HJ, Padur L, Wagner D. Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae from a glacier forefield. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3197-3203. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Noviherbaspirillum psychrotolerans (Bajerski et al. 2013) Lin et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Noviherbaspirillum psychrotolerans (Bajerski et al. 2013) Lin et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Herbaspirillum 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 Herbaspirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 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: Herbaspirillum Baldani et al. 1986

Assigned by: Bajerski F, Ganzert L, Mangelsdorf K, Lipski A, Busse HJ, Padur L, Wagner D. Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans sp. nov., a member of the family Oxalobacteraceae from a glacier forefield. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3197-3203. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 791091