Name: Shumkonia mesophila Yang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.la. N.L. fem. adj. mesophila, middle temperature loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-SO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: CCAM 826; JCM 34766; Y-P2

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16S rRNA gene: MZ270534 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yang M, Zhang X, Ma S, Zhang Q, Peng C, Fan H, Dai L, Li J, Cheng L. Shumkonia mesophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of Shumkoniaceae fam. nov. and its potentials for extracellular polymeric substances formation and sulfur metabolism revealed by genomic analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1359-1374. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Shumkonia Yang et al. 2025. Publication: Yang M, Zhang X, Ma S, Zhang Q, Peng C, Fan H, Dai L, Li J, Cheng L. Shumkonia mesophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of Shumkoniaceae fam. nov. and its potentials for extracellular polymeric substances formation and sulfur metabolism revealed by genomic analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1359-1374. 🇨🇳
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-04-08.

Parent taxon: Shumkonia Yang et al. 2025

Assigned by: Yang M, Zhang X, Ma S, Zhang Q, Peng C, Fan H, Dai L, Li J, Cheng L. Shumkonia mesophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of Shumkoniaceae fam. nov. and its potentials for extracellular polymeric substances formation and sulfur metabolism revealed by genomic analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1359-1374. 🇨🇳

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