Name: Psychromonas antarctica corrig. Mountfort et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern (in this instance pertaining to the Antarctic environment, where the organism was isolated)

Pronunciation, gender: ant-ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCM 9404; DSM 10704; star-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y14697 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mountfort DO, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kaspar HF, Stackebrandt E. Psychromonas antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., A new aerotolerant anaerobic, halophilic psychrophile isolated from pond sediment of the McMurdo ice shelf, antarctica. Arch Microbiol 1998; 169:231-238.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Psychromonas antarcticus Mountfort et al. 1998	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Psychromonas Mountfort et al. 1998. Publication: Mountfort DO, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kaspar HF, Stackebrandt E. Psychromonas antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., A new aerotolerant anaerobic, halophilic psychrophile isolated from pond sediment of the McMurdo ice shelf, antarctica. Arch Microbiol 1998; 169:231-238.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Name corrected on validation; Psychromonas antarcticus (sic). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Psychromonas antarcticus (sic), has been corrected by the Associate Editor, IJSB. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.

Parent taxon: Psychromonas Mountfort et al. 1998

Assigned by: Mountfort DO, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Kaspar HF, Stackebrandt E. Psychromonas antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., A new aerotolerant anaerobic, halophilic psychrophile isolated from pond sediment of the McMurdo ice shelf, antarctica. Arch Microbiol 1998; 169:231-238.

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