Name: Jeotgalicoccus psychrophilus Yoon et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19085; JCM 11199; KCCM 41449; YKJ-115

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY028926 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Lee KC, Weiss N, Kang KH, Park YH. Jeotgalicoccus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Jeotgalicoccus psychrophilus sp. nov., isolated from the traditional Korean fermented seafood jeotgal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:595-602.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:939-940.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18753 (N = 8).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Jeotgalicoccus Yoon et al. 2003

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Lee KC, Weiss N, Kang KH, Park YH. Jeotgalicoccus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Jeotgalicoccus psychrophilus sp. nov., isolated from the traditional Korean fermented seafood jeotgal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:595-602.

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