Name: Tepidibacter mesophilus Tan et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so.phi’lus. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. mesophilus, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: B 1; CGMCC 1.5148; DSM 28717; JCM 16806

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ231514 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tan HQ, Wu XY, Zhang XQ, Wu M, Zhu XF. Tepidibacter mesophilus sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative anaerobe isolated from soil polluted by crude oil, and emended description of the genus Tepidibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:66-70.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:757-758.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Tepidibacter Slobodkin et al. 2003

Assigned by: Tan HQ, Wu XY, Zhang XQ, Wu M, Zhu XF. Tepidibacter mesophilus sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative anaerobe isolated from soil polluted by crude oil, and emended description of the genus Tepidibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:66-70.

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Record number: 789647