Name: Aurantimicrobium photophilum Hahn et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.to’phi.lum. Gr. neut. n. phôs, light; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. photophilum, light-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 56426; DSM 107758; MWH Mo1

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16S rRNA gene: AJ507460 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hahn MW, Pitt A, Koll U, Schmidt J, Maresca JA, Neumann-Schaal M. Aurantimicrobium photophilum sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic bacterium adjusting its metabolism to the diurnal light cycle and reclassification of Cryobacterium mesophilum as Terrimesophilobacter mesophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4975.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5057.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Aurantimicrobium Nakai et al. 2015

Assigned by: Hahn MW, Pitt A, Koll U, Schmidt J, Maresca JA, Neumann-Schaal M. Aurantimicrobium photophilum sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic bacterium adjusting its metabolism to the diurnal light cycle and reclassification of Cryobacterium mesophilum as Terrimesophilobacter mesophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4975.

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Record number: 20389