Name: Psychromonas boydii Auman et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: boy’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. boydii, of Boyd, in honour of William L. Boyd, whose career was dedicated to researching psychrophilic bacteria. This epithet was also chosen to honour Josephine W. Boyd

Pronunciation, gender: BOY-di-i, feminine

Type strain: 174; CCM 7498; DSM 17665

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16S rRNA gene: FJ822615 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Auman AJ, Breezee JL, Gosink JJ, Schumann P, Barnes CR, Kampfer P, Staley JT. Psychromonas boydii sp. nov., a gas-vacuolate, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Arctic sea-ice core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:84-92.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

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: Auman AJ, Breezee JL, Gosink JJ, Schumann P, Barnes CR, Kampfer P, Staley JT. Psychromonas boydii sp. nov., a gas-vacuolate, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from an Arctic sea-ice core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:84-92.

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Record number: 788316