Name: Marinilactibacillus psychrotolerans Ishikawa et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

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

Type strain: DSM 19582; IAM 14980; JCM 21451; M13-2; NBRC 100002; NCIMB 13873; NRIC 510

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16S rRNA gene: AB681121 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ishikawa M, Nakajima K, Yanagi M, Yamamoto Y, Yamasato K. Marinilactibacillus psychrotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacterium isolated from marine organisms in temperate and subtropical areas of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:711-720.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marinilactibacillus Ishikawa et al. 2003. Publication: Ishikawa M, Nakajima K, Yanagi M, Yamamoto Y, Yamasato K. Marinilactibacillus psychrotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacterium isolated from marine organisms in temperate and subtropical areas of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:711-720.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Marinilactibacillus Ishikawa et al. 2003

Assigned by: Ishikawa M, Nakajima K, Yanagi M, Yamamoto Y, Yamasato K. Marinilactibacillus psychrotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacterium isolated from marine organisms in temperate and subtropical areas of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:711-720.

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