Name: Psychromonas algicola Fan et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi’co.la. L. fem. n. alga, seaweed, alga; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. algicola, alga-dweller

Pronunciation, gender: al-GI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: JCM 33153; MCCC 1H00360; RZ5

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16S rRNA gene: PP516529 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fan SJ, Zhang HZ, Pan B, Liu TH, Lu DC, Du ZJ. Psychromonas algicola sp. nov. and Psychromonas algarum sp. nov., two novel bacteria isolated from red macroalgae (Grateloupia sp.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6903.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15728 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-09-16.

Parent taxon: Psychromonas Mountfort et al. 1998

Assigned by: Fan SJ, Zhang HZ, Pan B, Liu TH, Lu DC, Du ZJ. Psychromonas algicola sp. nov. and Psychromonas algarum sp. nov., two novel bacteria isolated from red macroalgae (Grateloupia sp.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6903.

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Record number: 67347