Name: Psychromonas heitensis Hosoya et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hei.ten’sis. N.L. fem. adj. heitensis, pertaining to Heita bay, where the organisms were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: he͡i-TEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: AK15-027; MBIC 6898; NCIMB 14416

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16S rRNA gene: AB365352 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hosoya S, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Adachi K, Katsuta A, Kasai H. Psychromonas heitensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from seawater in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2253-2257.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.

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.
  • 🧍 The epithet heitensis is a "N.L. fem. adj.", not a "N.L. fem. n." as cited in the paper by Hosoya et al. 2008. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Psychromonas Mountfort et al. 1998

Assigned by: Hosoya S, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Adachi K, Katsuta A, Kasai H. Psychromonas heitensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from seawater in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2253-2257.

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