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