Name: Sporacetigenium mesophilum Chen et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.lum. Gr. neut. adj. meson, the middle; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, friendly to the middle, mesophilic, referring to its preference for moderate temperatures

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5019; DSM 16796; ZLJ115

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16S rRNA gene: AY682207 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen S, Song L, Dong X. Sporacetigenium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic digester treating municipal solid waste and sewage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:721-725.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sporacetigenium Chen et al. 2006. Publication: Chen S, Song L, Dong X. Sporacetigenium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic digester treating municipal solid waste and sewage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:721-725.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sporacetigenium Chen et al. 2006

Assigned by: Chen S, Song L, Dong X. Sporacetigenium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic digester treating municipal solid waste and sewage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:721-725.

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Record number: 781098