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Species Sphingobacterium psychroaquaticum
Name: Sphingobacterium psychroaquaticum Albert et al. 2013
Etymology: psy.chro.a.qua’ti.cum. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. adj. aquaticus -a -um, living, growing or found in or by the water, aquatic; N.L. neut. adj. psychroaquaticum, aquatic and psychrophilic bacterium
Pronunciation, gender: psy-khro-a-KWA-ti-kum, neuter
Type strain: DSM 22418; MOL-1; NRRL B-59232
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
FJ156081
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Albert RA, Waas NE, Pavlons SC, Pearson JL, Ketelboeter L, Rossello-Mora R, Busse HJ. Sphingobacterium psychroaquaticum sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Lake Michigan water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:952-958. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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García-López et al. 2019
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.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
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García-López et al. 2019
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.
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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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983
Assigned by:
Albert RA, Waas NE, Pavlons SC, Pearson JL, Ketelboeter L, Rossello-Mora R, Busse HJ. Sphingobacterium psychroaquaticum sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Lake Michigan water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:952-958.
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Record number: 790568
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