Name: Sinomonas mesophila Prabhu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: si-NO-mo-nas me-SO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 28729; JCM 30094; MPKL 26; NCIM 5552

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ809567 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Prabhu DM, Quadri SR, Cheng J, Liu L, Chen W, Yang Y, Hozzein WN, Lingappa K, Li WJ. Sinomonas mesophila sp. nov., isolated from ancient fort soil. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2015; 68:318-321. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2777-2783.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10383 (N = 12).
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Sinomonas Zhou et al. 2009

Assigned by: Prabhu DM, Quadri SR, Cheng J, Liu L, Chen W, Yang Y, Hozzein WN, Lingappa K, Li WJ. Sinomonas mesophila sp. nov., isolated from ancient fort soil. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2015; 68:318-321. 🇮🇳

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