Name: Glaciecola mesophila Romanenko et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, medium; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. mesophila, medium-temperature-loving, mesophilic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gla-ki-E-ko-la me-SO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 15026; KMM 241

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ488501 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Romanenko LA, Zhukova NV, Rohde M, Lysenko AM, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Glaciecola mesophila sp. nov., a novel marine agar-digesting bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:647-651. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paraglaciecola mesophila (Romanenko et al. 2003) Shivaji and Reddy 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paraglaciecola mesophila (Romanenko et al. 2003) Shivaji and Reddy 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Glaciecola mesophila 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 Glaciecola.
  • 😷 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 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Glaciecola Bowman et al. 1998

Assigned by: Romanenko LA, Zhukova NV, Rohde M, Lysenko AM, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Glaciecola mesophila sp. nov., a novel marine agar-digesting bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:647-651. 🇩🇪

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