Genus Parafrigoribacterium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Parafrigoribacterium Kong et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum Kong et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside, near, like; N.L. neut. n. Frigoribacterium, a generic name; N.L. neut. n. Parafrigoribacterium, like Frigoribacterium.
Valid publication: KONG, D., GUO, X., ZHOU, S., WANG, H., WANG, Y., ZHU, J., DONG, W., LI, Y., HE, M., HU, G., ZHAO, B. and RUAN, Z. 2016. Frigoribacterium salinisoli sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, transfer of Frigoribacterium mesophilum to Parafrigoribacterium gen. nov. as Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5252-5259.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum Kong et al. 2016, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MSL-08=DSM 19442=KCTC 19311.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF466126.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: Gr. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, middle (temperature) loving, mesophilic.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: KONG, D., GUO, X., ZHOU, S., WANG, H., WANG, Y., ZHU, J., DONG, W., LI, Y., HE, M., HU, G., ZHAO, B. and RUAN, Z. 2016. Frigoribacterium salinisoli sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, transfer of Frigoribacterium mesophilum to Parafrigoribacterium gen. nov. as Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5252-5259.
Original article in IJSEM Online