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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Shewanella psychrophila

Name: Shewanella psychrophila Xiao et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. psychrophila, cold loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡he-wa-NEL-la psy-KHRO-phi-la, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6159; JCM 13876; WP2

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16S rRNA gene: AJ551089 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Xiao X, Wang P, Zeng X, Bartlett DH, Wang F. Shewanella psychrophila sp. nov. and Shewanella piezotolerans sp. nov., isolated from west Pacific deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:60-65. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Shewanella MacDonell and Colwell 1986

Assigned by: Xiao X, Wang P, Zeng X, Bartlett DH, Wang F. Shewanella psychrophila sp. nov. and Shewanella piezotolerans sp. nov., isolated from west Pacific deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:60-65. 🇨🇳

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