Name: Trichococcus shcherbakoviae Parshina et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sh.cher.ba.ko’vi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. shcherbakoviae, of Scherbakova, named after Dr Viktoriya A. Shcherbakova, a Russian microbiologist, for her many contributions to the investigation of low-temperature environments and psychrotolerant micro-organisms

Pronunciation, gender: s͡h-k^her-ba-KO-wi-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: Art1; DSM 107162; VKM B-3260

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Valid publication: Parshina SN, Strepis N, Aalvink S, Nozhevnikova AN, Stams AJM, Sousa DZ. Trichococcus shcherbakoviae sp. nov., isolated from a laboratory-scale anaerobic EGSB bioreactor operated at low temperature. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:529-534.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1251-1252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Trichococcus shcherbakoviae subsp. psychrophilus Zakharyuk et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Trichococcus shcherbakoviae subsp. shcherbakoviae (Parshina et al. 2019) Zakharyuk et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Trichococcus Scheff et al. 1984

Assigned by: Parshina SN, Strepis N, Aalvink S, Nozhevnikova AN, Stams AJM, Sousa DZ. Trichococcus shcherbakoviae sp. nov., isolated from a laboratory-scale anaerobic EGSB bioreactor operated at low temperature. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:529-534.

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Record number: 799881