Psychroflexus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Psychroflexus

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Number of species cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Psychroflexus Bowman et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Psychroflexus torquis Bowman et al. 1999.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold cold; L. masc. n. flexus, a bending, turning, curve; N.L. masc. n. Psychroflexus, cold bending.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 68. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1-3. [BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), LEWIS (T.), SKERRATT (J.H.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (D.S.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroflexus torquis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic species from Antarctic sea ice, and reclassification of Flavobacterium gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) as Psychroflexus gondwanense gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiology, 1998, 144, 1601-1609.]
Validation List N° 68 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Psychroflexus gondwanensis corrig. (Dobson et al. 1993) Bowman et al. 1999, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ACAM 44 = ATCC 51278 = CCUG 33444 = CIP 104040 = DSM 5423 = LMG 13192.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M92278.
Basonym: ¤ Flavobacterium gondwanense Dobson et al. 1993.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. gondwanensis, pertaining to Gondwanaland or Gondwana, one of the two ancient supercontinents, which originally included Antarctica and other, separate continental landmasses.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 68. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1-3. [BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), LEWIS (T.), SKERRATT (J.H.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (D.S.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroflexus torquis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic species from Antarctic sea ice, and reclassification of Flavobacterium gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) as Psychroflexus gondwanense gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiology, 1998, 144, 1601-1609.]
Validation List N° 68 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Notes:
1 The original spelling of the specific epithet, gondwanense (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation List n° 68 (footnote ‡). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1-3.
Validation List N° 68 in IJSEM Online
2 On the validation list n° 68 and in the paper by Bowman et al. 1998, the type strain is erroneously cited as ACAM 48.
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1952.
Validation List N° 68 in IJSEM Online

Psychroflexus halocasei Seiler et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain WCC 4520 = WS 4520 = CCUG 59705 = LMG 25857.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FR714910.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. n. caseus, cheese; N.L. gen. n. halocasei, a (moderate) halophile of cheese.
Reference: SEILER (H.), BLEICHER (A.), BUSSE (H.J.), HÜFNER (J.) and SCHERER (S.): Psychroflexus halocasei sp. nov., isolated from a microbial consortium on a cheese. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1850-1856.
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Psychroflexus salinarum Yoon et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ISL-14 = CCUG 56752 = KCTC 22483.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU874390.
Etymology: L. pl. gen. n. salinarum, of salterns.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), JUNG (Y.T.) and OH (T.K.): Psychroflexus salinarum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2404-2407.
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Psychroflexus sediminis Chen et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YIM-C238 = CCTCC AA 207030 = KCTC 22166.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU135715.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of sediment.
Reference: CHEN (Y.G.), CUI (X.L.), WANG (Y.X.), TANG (S.K.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), LI (W.J.), LIU (J.H.), PENG (Q.) and XU (L.H.): Psychroflexus sediminis sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from salt lake sediment in China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 569-573.
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Psychroflexus torquis Bowman et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 651 = ACAM 623 = ATCC 700755 = CIP 106069.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U85881.
Etymology: L. n. torquis, a twisted neck-chain, referring to coiling of cellular filaments.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 68. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1-3. [BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), LEWIS (T.), SKERRATT (J.H.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (D.S.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroflexus torquis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic species from Antarctic sea ice, and reclassification of Flavobacterium gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) as Psychroflexus gondwanense gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiology, 1998, 144, 1601-1609.]
Validation List N° 68 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Psychroflexus tropicus Donachie et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LA1 = ATCC BAA-734 = DSM 15496.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF513434.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, relating to its isolation from a subtropical lake.
Reference: DONACHIE (S.P.), BOWMAN (J.P.) and ALAM (M.): Psychroflexus tropicus sp. nov., an obligately halophilic Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group bacterium from an Hawaiian hypersaline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 935-940.
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