Psychroserpens

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Psychroserpens Bowman et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Psychroserpens burtonensis Bowman et al. 1997.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; L. masc. or fem. n. serpens, serpent; N.L. masc. n. Psychroserpens, cold serpent.
Reference: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (P.D.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 670-677.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The gender is not given by Bowman et al. 1997. The latin noun serpens can be in the masculine or in the feminine gender. The specific epithet of the species proposed by Bowman et al. 1997 does not allow the correct gender to be determined. According to Rule 65(1) when the original authors failed to indicate the gender, a subsequent author has the right of choice. In 2006, Kwon et al. propose the species Psychroserpens mesophilus (N.L. masculine adjective). Clearly, Kwon et al. 2006 choosed the masculine gender for the genus name Psychroserpens.

Psychroserpens burtonensis Bowman et al. 1997, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ACAM 188 = ATCC 700359 = CIP 105822.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U62913.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. burtonensis, pertaining to Burton Lake, Antarctica, the body of water from where the organism was first isolated.
Reference: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (P.D.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 670-677.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Psychroserpens mesophilus Kwon et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KOPRI 13649 = JCM 13413 = KCCM 42261.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ001321.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mesos, middle; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. mesophilus, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic.
Reference: KWON (K.K.), LEE (S.J.), PARK (J.H.), AHN (T.Y.) and LEE (H.K.): Psychroserpens mesophilus sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium belonging to the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a young biofilm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1055-1058.
Original article in IJSEM Online