Name: Psychromonas antarcticus Mountfort et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

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

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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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Psychromonas antarctica corrig. Mountfort et al. 1998

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Psychromonas antarctica corrig. Mountfort et al. 1998	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
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  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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Record number: 798506