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Species Psychrobacter pygoscelis
Name: Psychrobacter pygoscelis Kämpfer et al. 2020
Etymology: py.go.sce’lis. N.L. gen. fem. n. pygoscelis, of the penguin genus Pygoscelis
Type strain: CCM 8799; CIP 111410; I-STPP5b; LMG 30301
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MH065724
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Irgang R, Fernandez-Negrete G, Poblete-Morales M, Fuentes-Messina D, Cortez-San Martin M, Avendano-Herrera R. Psychrobacter pygoscelis sp. nov. isolated from the penguin Pygoscelis papua. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:211-219. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.
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 0.20414 (N = 4).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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:
Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Irgang R, Fernandez-Negrete G, Poblete-Morales M, Fuentes-Messina D, Cortez-San Martin M, Avendano-Herrera R. Psychrobacter pygoscelis sp. nov. isolated from the penguin Pygoscelis papua. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:211-219.
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Record number: 5633
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