Name: Frigoribacterium mesophilum Dastager et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so.phi’lum. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 19442; JCM 19547; KCTC 19311; MSL-08

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EF466126 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dastager SG, Lee JC, Ju YJ, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Frigoribacterium mesophilum sp. nov., a mesophilic actinobacterium isolated from Bigeum Island, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1869-1872.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum (Dastager et al. 2008) Kong et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum (Dastager et al. 2008) Kong et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Frigoribacterium mesophilum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Frigoribacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Frigoribacterium Kämpfer et al. 2000

Assigned by: Dastager SG, Lee JC, Ju YJ, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Frigoribacterium mesophilum sp. nov., a mesophilic actinobacterium isolated from Bigeum Island, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1869-1872.

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Record number: 787503