Name: Psychromonas aquatilis Kämpfer et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.lis. L. fem. adj. aquatilis, living in water

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-lis, feminine

Type strain: CCM 8710; CIP 111183; LMG 29766; M1A1

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16S rRNA gene: KX645876 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Irgang R, Poblete-Morales M, Glaeser SP, Cortez-San Martin M, Avendano-Herrera R. Psychromonas aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from seawater samples obtained in the Chilean Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1306-1311.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Psychromonas Mountfort et al. 1998

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Irgang R, Poblete-Morales M, Glaeser SP, Cortez-San Martin M, Avendano-Herrera R. Psychromonas aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from seawater samples obtained in the Chilean Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1306-1311.

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Record number: 795322