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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … psy-K^HRO-p^hi-la, 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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