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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Psychrobacter arcticus

Name: Psychrobacter arcticus Bakermans et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. arcticus, northern, Arctic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: psy-khro-BAK-ter ARK-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: 273-4; DSM 17307; VKM B-2377

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16S rRNA gene: AY444822 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Bakermans C, Ayala-del-Rio HL, Ponder MA, Vishnivetskaya T, Gilichinsky D, Thomashow MF, Tiedje JM. Psychrobacter cryohalolentis sp. nov. and Psychrobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Siberian permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1285-1291. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Psychrobacter Juni and Heym 1986

Assigned by: Bakermans C, Ayala-del-Rio HL, Ponder MA, Vishnivetskaya T, Gilichinsky D, Thomashow MF, Tiedje JM. Psychrobacter cryohalolentis sp. nov. and Psychrobacter arcticus sp. nov., isolated from Siberian permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1285-1291. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 780228

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