Name: Mesonia hippocampi Kolberg et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hip.po.cam’pi. L. gen. masc. n. hippocampi, of the seahorse, isolated from a seahorse of the species Hippocampus barbouri

Pronunciation, gender: hip-po-KAM-pi, feminine

Type strain: 96_Hippo_TS_3/13; CCM 8557; CIP 110839; LMG 28572

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16S rRNA gene: KP119858 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kolberg J, Busse HJ, Wilke T, Schubert P, Kampfer P, Glaeser SP. Mesonia hippocampi sp. nov., isolated from the brood pouch of a diseased Barbour's Seahorse (Hippocampus barbouri). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2241-2247.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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: Mesonia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003

Assigned by: Kolberg J, Busse HJ, Wilke T, Schubert P, Kampfer P, Glaeser SP. Mesonia hippocampi sp. nov., isolated from the brood pouch of a diseased Barbour's Seahorse (Hippocampus barbouri). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2241-2247.

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Record number: 792952