Name: Thiomicrospira psychrophila Knittel et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. psychrophila, cold-loving

Gender: feminine

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

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16S rRNA gene: AJ404732 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Knittel K, Kuever J, Meyerdierks A, Meinke R, Amann R, Brinkhoff T. Thiomicrospira arctica sp. nov. and Thiomicrospira psychrophila sp. nov., psychrophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from marine Arctic sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:781-786.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomicrorhabdus psychrophila (Knittel et al. 2005) Boden et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiomicrospira psychrophila is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thiomicrospira.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 0.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thiomicrospira Kuenen and Veldkamp 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Knittel K, Kuever J, Meyerdierks A, Meinke R, Amann R, Brinkhoff T. Thiomicrospira arctica sp. nov. and Thiomicrospira psychrophila sp. nov., psychrophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from marine Arctic sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:781-786.

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Record number: 782754