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

Pronunciation, gender: … me-SO-p^hi-lum, neuter

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

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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. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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