Name: Psychromonas macrocephali Miyazaki et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mac.ro.ceph’a.li. N.L. gen. masc. n. macrocephali, of Physeter macrocephalus, the Latin name for the sperm whale

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1527; JAMM 415; JCM 14785

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16S rRNA gene: AB304806 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miyazaki M, Nogi Y, Fujiwara Y, Horikoshi K. Psychromonas japonica sp. nov., Psychromonas aquimarina sp. nov., Psychromonas macrocephali sp. nov. and Psychromonas ossibalaenae sp. nov., psychrotrophic bacteria isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1709-1714.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Psychromonas Mountfort et al. 1998

Assigned by: Miyazaki M, Nogi Y, Fujiwara Y, Horikoshi K. Psychromonas japonica sp. nov., Psychromonas aquimarina sp. nov., Psychromonas macrocephali sp. nov. and Psychromonas ossibalaenae sp. nov., psychrotrophic bacteria isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1709-1714.

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Record number: 787467