Species ***Psychrobacter* *submarinus***

Name: Psychrobacter submarinus Romanenko et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ma.ri’nus. L. prep. sub, under; L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine; N.L. masc. adj. submarinus, from under the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: psy-k^hro-BAK-ter sub-ma-RI-nus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 14161; KMM 225

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ309940 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Romanenko LA, Schumann P, Rohde M, Lysenko AM, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Psychrobacter submarinus sp. nov. and Psychrobacter marincola sp. nov., psychrophilic halophiles from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1291-1297. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Kaur et al. 2023 Kaur J, Sood U, Talwar C, Whitman WB, Lal R. Phylogenomics-based reclassifications in the genus Psychrobacter including emended descriptions of Psychrobacter pacificensis, Psychrobacter proteolyticus and Psychrobacter submarinus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1113-1121. 🇮🇳 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 39. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6172.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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: Romanenko LA, Schumann P, Rohde M, Lysenko AM, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Psychrobacter submarinus sp. nov. and Psychrobacter marincola sp. nov., psychrophilic halophiles from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1291-1297. 🇩🇪

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Species Psychrobacter submarinus

Species ***Psychrobacter* *submarinus***