Name: Psychromonas ossibalaenae Miyazaki et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: os.si.ba.lae’nae. L. neut. n. os (gen. ossis), bone; L. fem. n. balaena (gen. balaenae), whale; N.L. gen. fem. n. ossibalaenae, of a bone of a whale [probably better: ossisbalaenae or balaenossis]

Pronunciation, gender: os-si-ba-LA͡E-na͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1528; JAMM 738; JCM 14786

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB304808 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.22241 (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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

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: 787468