Name: Profundibacterium mesophilum Lai et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, medium; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, medium-temperature-loving, mesophilic

Pronunciation, gender: me-SO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 29429; JCM 17872; KAUST100406-0324; NRRL B-59665

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16S rRNA gene: JF776971 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai PY, Miao L, Lee OO, Liu LL, Zhou XJ, Xu Y, Al-Suwailem A, Qian PY. Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1007-1012. 🇭🇰

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Profundibacterium mesophila" Lai 2012	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Profundibacterium mesophilum" corrig. Lai 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Profundibacterium Lai et al. 2013. Publication: Lai PY, Miao L, Lee OO, Liu LL, Zhou XJ, Xu Y, Al-Suwailem A, Qian PY. Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1007-1012. 🇭🇰
  • 😷 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: Profundibacterium Lai et al. 2013

Assigned by: Lai PY, Miao L, Lee OO, Liu LL, Zhou XJ, Xu Y, Al-Suwailem A, Qian PY. Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1007-1012. 🇭🇰

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