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Species Methylobacterium mesophilicum
Name: Methylobacterium mesophilicum (Austin and Goodfellow 1979) Green and Bousfield 1983
Basonym: Pseudomonas mesophilica Austin and Goodfellow 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: me.so.phi.li.cum. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. adj. philikos -ê -on, friendly; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilicum, friendly to the middle, because of its preference for moderate temperatures
Type strain: A47; ATCC 29983; CCUG 16482; CIP 101129; DSM 1708; ICPB 4095; IFO 15688; JCM 2829; LMG 5275; NBRC 15688; NCIB 11561; NCIMB 11561; NRRL B-14246
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB175636
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Green PN, Bousfield IJ. Emendation of Methylobacterium Patt, Cole, and Hanson 1976; Methylobacterium rhodinum (Heumann 1962) comb. nov. corrig.; Methylobacterium radiotolerans (Ito and Iizuka 1971) comb. nov., corrig.; and Methylobacterium mesophilicum (Austin and Goodfellow 1979) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:875-877. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Pseudomonas mesophilica Austin and Goodfellow 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 49 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Methylobacterium Patt et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Green PN, Bousfield IJ. Emendation of Methylobacterium Patt, Cole, and Hanson 1976; Methylobacterium rhodinum (Heumann 1962) comb. nov. corrig.; Methylobacterium radiotolerans (Ito and Iizuka 1971) comb. nov., corrig.; and Methylobacterium mesophilicum (Austin and Goodfellow 1979) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:875-877.
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Record number: 777978
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