Name: "Janthinobacterium svalbardensis" Ambrožič Avguštin et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sval.bard.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. svalbardensis, pertaining to Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 25734; JA-1; ZIM B637

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ355146 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ambrozic Avgustin J, Zgur Bertok D, Kostanjsek R, Avgustin G. Isolation and characterization of a novel violacein-like pigment producing psychrotrophic bacterial species Janthinobacterium svalbardensis sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:763-769.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Janthinobacterium De Ley et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ambrozic Avgustin J, Zgur Bertok D, Kostanjsek R, Avgustin G. Isolation and characterization of a novel violacein-like pigment producing psychrotrophic bacterial species Janthinobacterium svalbardensis sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:763-769.

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Record number: 800281