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Species Psychrobacter nivimaris
Name: Psychrobacter nivimaris Heuchert et al. 2004
Etymology: ni.vi’ma.ris. L. fem. n. nix (gen. nivis), snow; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. nivimaris, from marine snow
Pronunciation, gender: ni-WI-ma-ris, masculine
Type strain: 88/2-7; DSM 16093; NCIMB 13982
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ313425
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Heuchert A, Glockner FO, Amann R, Fischer U. Psychrobacter nivimaris sp. nov., a heterotrophic bacterium attached to organic particles isolated from the South Atlantic (Antarctica). Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:399-406. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 100. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1909-1910.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 9 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:
Heuchert A, Glockner FO, Amann R, Fischer U. Psychrobacter nivimaris sp. nov., a heterotrophic bacterium attached to organic particles isolated from the South Atlantic (Antarctica). Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:399-406. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 780239
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