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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Shewanella psychropiezotolerans

Name: Shewanella psychropiezotolerans Yu et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro.pi.e.zo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; Gr. ind. v. piezô, to press; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. psychropiezotolerans, cold loving and pressure tolerating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … psy-khro-pi-e-zo-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 62907; MCCC 1A12715; YLB-06

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG913996 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yu L, Jian H, Gai Y, Yi Z, Feng Y, Qiu X, Shao Z, Tang X. Characterization of two novel psychrophilic and piezotolerant strains, Shewanella psychropiezotolerans sp. nov. and Shewanella eurypsychrophilus sp. nov, adapted to an extreme deep-sea environment. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126266. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Shewanella MacDonell and Colwell 1986

Assigned by: Yu L, Jian H, Gai Y, Yi Z, Feng Y, Qiu X, Shao Z, Tang X. Characterization of two novel psychrophilic and piezotolerant strains, Shewanella psychropiezotolerans sp. nov. and Shewanella eurypsychrophilus sp. nov, adapted to an extreme deep-sea environment. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126266. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 70426
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