Psychrobacter urativorans

Psychrobacter urativorans is a Gram-negative,^[4][5] aerobic,^[5] nonmotile^[5] bacterium of the genus Psychrobacter, which was first isolated from frozen package of pork sausage in the 1970s.^[3] The species' first recognized publication isolated it from ornithogenic soil (fecal matter of birds) in the Arctic in the 1990s.^[4][1] The name "urativorans" ("uric acid eating") is derived from the Neo-Latin "uratum" (salt of uric acid), and Latin "vorans" (eating or devouring).^[1] The species is known to live in Arctic ornithogenic soil, and chilled meat.^[5]

Psychrobacter urativorans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Moraxellaceae
Genus:	Psychrobacter
Species:	P. urativorans
Binomial name
Psychrobacter urativorans Bowman et al. 1996[1]
Type strain
ATCC 15174, ATCC 11052, ATCC 12226, CCM 900, CCUG 4982, DSM 20429, NCIB 11372, CIP 105100, NCIMB 11372, LMG 21283, DSM 14009, CECT 5938, KCTC 12176[2]
Synonyms[3]
Micrococcus cryophilus