Name: Psychromonas ingrahamii Auman et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.gra.ha’mi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ingrahamii, of Ingraham, in honour of John L. Ingraham for his extensive research on psychrophilic bacteria

Pronunciation, gender: in-gra-HA-mi-i, feminine

Type strain: 37; CCUG 51855; CIP 108865; DSM 17664

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16S rRNA gene: U73721 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Auman AJ, Breezee JL, Gosink JJ, Kampfer P, Staley JT. Psychromonas ingrahamii sp. nov., a novel gas vacuolate, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Arctic polar sea ice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1001-1007.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19583 (N = 1).
  • 😷 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 13 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Psychromonas Mountfort et al. 1998

Assigned by: Auman AJ, Breezee JL, Gosink JJ, Kampfer P, Staley JT. Psychromonas ingrahamii sp. nov., a novel gas vacuolate, psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Arctic polar sea ice. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1001-1007.

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Record number: 780256