Name: Psychroserpens jangbogonensis Baek et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: jang.bo.go.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. jangbogonensis, of or belonging to Jangbogo, the Korean research station in Antarctica

Pronunciation, gender: jan͡g-bo-go-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: JCM 30228; KCTC 42128; PAMC 27130

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16S rRNA gene: KJ475160 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baek K, Lee YM, Hwang CY, Park H, Jung YJ, Kim MK, Hong SG, Kim JH, Lee HK. Psychroserpens jangbogonensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Antarctic marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:183-188.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus together with P. mesophilus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Psychroserpens Bowman et al. 1997

Assigned by: Baek K, Lee YM, Hwang CY, Park H, Jung YJ, Kim MK, Hong SG, Kim JH, Lee HK. Psychroserpens jangbogonensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Antarctic marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:183-188.

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