Name: Oceanisphaera psychrotolerans Zhou et al. 2015

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, tolerating cold temperature

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

Type strain: ACCC 6516; JCM 30466; LAM-WHM-ZC

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16S rRNA gene: KF418814 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhou S, Wang H, Wang Y, Ma K, He M, Chen X, Kong D, Guo X, Ruan Z, Zhao B. Oceanisphaera psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2797-2802.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4294-4296.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05295 (N = 3).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003

Assigned by: Zhou S, Wang H, Wang Y, Ma K, He M, Chen X, Kong D, Guo X, Ruan Z, Zhao B. Oceanisphaera psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2797-2802.

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Record number: 793179