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Species Hymenobacter psychrophilus
Name: Hymenobacter psychrophilus Zhang et al. 2011
Etymology: psy.chro’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. psychrophilus, cold-loving
Pronunciation, gender: psy-KHRO-phi-lus, masculine
Type strain: BZ33r; CGMCC 1.8975; DSM 22290; LMG 25548
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
GQ131579
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Zhang DC, Busse HJ, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R. Hymenobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:859-863. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 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.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
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.
Parent taxon: Hymenobacter Hirsch et al. 1999
Assigned by:
Zhang DC, Busse HJ, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R. Hymenobacter psychrophilus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:859-863.
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Record number: 789144
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