Name: Noviherbaspirillum psychrotolerans (Bajerski et al. 2013) Lin et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans Bajerski et al. 2013

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-wi-her-ba-spi-RIL-lum psy-k^hro-TO-le-rans, neuter

Type strain: DSM 26001; LMG 27282; PB1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JN390675 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Arun AB, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Rekha PD, Young CC. Description of Noviherbaspirillum malthae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-contaminated soil, and proposal to reclassify Herbaspirillum soli, Herbaspirillum aurantiacum, Herbaspirillum canariense and Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans as Noviherbaspirillum soli comb. nov., Noviherbaspirillum aurantiacum comb. nov., Noviherbaspirillum canariense comb. nov. and Noviherbaspirillum psychrotolerans comb. nov. based on polyphasic analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4100-4107. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans Bajerski et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Noviherbaspirillum Lin et al. 2013

Assigned by: Lin SY, Hameed A, Arun AB, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Rekha PD, Young CC. Description of Noviherbaspirillum malthae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-contaminated soil, and proposal to reclassify Herbaspirillum soli, Herbaspirillum aurantiacum, Herbaspirillum canariense and Herbaspirillum psychrotolerans as Noviherbaspirillum soli comb. nov., Noviherbaspirillum aurantiacum comb. nov., Noviherbaspirillum canariense comb. nov. and Noviherbaspirillum psychrotolerans comb. nov. based on polyphasic analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4100-4107. 🇹🇼

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