Name: Thiomicrorhabdus psychrophila (Knittel et al. 2005) Boden et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thiomicrospira psychrophila Knittel et al. 2005

Etymology: psy.chro’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, someone dearly loved; N.L. fem. adj. psychrophila, cold-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700954; DSM 13453; SVAL-D

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ404732 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Boden R, Scott KM, Williams J, Russel S, Antonen K, Rae AW, Hutt LP. An evaluation of Thiomicrospira, Hydrogenovibrio and Thioalkalimicrobium: reclassification of four species of Thiomicrospira to each Thiomicrorhabdus gen. nov. and Hydrogenovibrio, and reclassification of all four species of Thioalkalimicrobium to Thiomicrospira. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1140-1151.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomicrospira psychrophila Knittel et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 0.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thiomicrorhabdus Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Boden R, Scott KM, Williams J, Russel S, Antonen K, Rae AW, Hutt LP. An evaluation of Thiomicrospira, Hydrogenovibrio and Thioalkalimicrobium: reclassification of four species of Thiomicrospira to each Thiomicrorhabdus gen. nov. and Hydrogenovibrio, and reclassification of all four species of Thioalkalimicrobium to Thiomicrospira. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1140-1151.

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Record number: 795237