Name: Brumimicrobium mesophilum Yang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle, in the middle; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend to, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, middle temperature-loving, mesophilic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bru-mi-mi-KRO-bi-um me-SO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: JCM 14063; KCCM 42331; YH207

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ660382 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang SH, Seo HS, Oh HM, Kim SJ, Lee JH, Kwon KK. Brumimicrobium mesophilum sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment, and emended descriptions of the genus Brumimicrobium and Brumimicrobium glaciale. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1105-1110. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Brumimicrobium Bowman et al. 2003

Assigned by: Yang SH, Seo HS, Oh HM, Kim SJ, Lee JH, Kwon KK. Brumimicrobium mesophilum sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment, and emended descriptions of the genus Brumimicrobium and Brumimicrobium glaciale. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1105-1110. 🇰🇷

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