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Species Psychrobacter okhotskensis
Name: Psychrobacter okhotskensis Yumoto et al. 2003
Etymology: ok.hots.ken’sis. N.L. masc. adj. okhotskensis, from Okhotsk Sea, the place where the micro-organism was isolated
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ok-hots-KEN-sis, masculine
Type strain: DSM 18357; JCM 11840; MD17; NCIMB 13931
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB094794
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Yumoto I, Hirota K, Sogabe Y, Nodasaka Y, Yokota Y, Hoshino T. Psychrobacter okhotskensis sp. nov., a lipase-producing facultative psychrophile isolated from the coast of the Okhotsk Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1985-1989. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 4 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:
Yumoto I, Hirota K, Sogabe Y, Nodasaka Y, Yokota Y, Hoshino T. Psychrobacter okhotskensis sp. nov., a lipase-producing facultative psychrophile isolated from the coast of the Okhotsk Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1985-1989. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 780240
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