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Species Psychrobacter fozii
Name: Psychrobacter fozii Bozal et al. 2003
Etymology: fo’zi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. fozii, of Foz, named after Amadeo Foz, a Spanish physician who was an early pioneer in Spanish brucellosis
Pronunciation, gender: FO-zi-i, masculine
Type strain: CECT 5889; LMG 21280; NF23
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ430827
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Bozal N, Montes MJ, Tudela E, Guinea J. Characterization of several Psychrobacter strains isolated from Antarctic environments and description of Psychrobacter luti sp. nov. and Psychrobacter fozii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1093-1100. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.
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 0.31939 (N = 4).
- 😷 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 6 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:
Bozal N, Montes MJ, Tudela E, Guinea J. Characterization of several Psychrobacter strains isolated from Antarctic environments and description of Psychrobacter luti sp. nov. and Psychrobacter fozii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1093-1100. 🇪🇸
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Record number: 784743
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