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Species Psychrobacter aquaticus
Name: Psychrobacter aquaticus Shivaji et al. 2005
Etymology: a.qua’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living, growing or found in or by the water, aquatic
Type strain: CMS 56; DSM 15339; MTCC 4386
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ584833
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Shivaji S, Reddy GS, Suresh K, Gupta P, Chintalapati S, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Matsumoto GI. Psychrobacter vallis sp. nov. and Psychrobacter aquaticus sp. nov., from Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:757-762. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16772 (N = 8).
- 😷 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 3 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Psychrobacter Juni and Heym 1986
Assigned by:
Shivaji S, Reddy GS, Suresh K, Gupta P, Chintalapati S, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Matsumoto GI. Psychrobacter vallis sp. nov. and Psychrobacter aquaticus sp. nov., from Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:757-762.
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Record number: 780226
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