Name: Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum (Dastager et al. 2008) Kong et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Frigoribacterium mesophilum Dastager et al. 2008

Etymology: me.so’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, middle (temperature) loving, mesophilic

Gender: neuter

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

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EF466126 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kong D, Guo X, Zhou S, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhu J, Dong W, Li Y, He M, Hu G, et al. Frigoribacterium salinisoli sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, transfer of Frigoribacterium mesophilum to Parafrigoribacterium gen. nov. as Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5252-5259.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Frigoribacterium mesophilum Dastager et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parafrigoribacterium Kong et al. 2016. Publication: Kong D, Guo X, Zhou S, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhu J, Dong W, Li Y, He M, Hu G, et al. Frigoribacterium salinisoli sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, transfer of Frigoribacterium mesophilum to Parafrigoribacterium gen. nov. as Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5252-5259.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Parafrigoribacterium Kong et al. 2016

Assigned by: Kong D, Guo X, Zhou S, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhu J, Dong W, Li Y, He M, Hu G, et al. Frigoribacterium salinisoli sp. nov., isolated from saline soil, transfer of Frigoribacterium mesophilum to Parafrigoribacterium gen. nov. as Parafrigoribacterium mesophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5252-5259.

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Record number: 794875