Name: Morganella psychrotolerans Emborg et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … psy-k^hro-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: DSM 17886; JCM 16473; LMG 23374; U2/3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM122055 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Emborg J, Dalgaard P, Ahrens P. Morganella psychrotolerans sp. nov., a histamine-producing bacterium isolated from various seafoods. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2473-2479. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen - T". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "T". — 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 18 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Morganella Fulton 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Emborg J, Dalgaard P, Ahrens P. Morganella psychrotolerans sp. nov., a histamine-producing bacterium isolated from various seafoods. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2473-2479. 🇩🇰

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