Name: Gelidibacter mesophilus Macián et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. adj. mesophilus, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-SO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: 2SM29; CECT 5103; DSM 14095

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ344133 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Macian MC, Pujalte MJ, Marquez MC, Ludwig W, Ventosa A, Garay E, Schleifer KH. Gelidibacter mesophilus sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1325-1329. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03254 (N = 127).
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Gelidibacter Bowman et al. 1997

Assigned by: Macian MC, Pujalte MJ, Marquez MC, Ludwig W, Ventosa A, Garay E, Schleifer KH. Gelidibacter mesophilus sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1325-1329. 🇪🇸

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