Name: Xenophilus aerolatus Kim et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro.la’tus. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. adj. latus -a -um, carried; N.L. masc. part. adj. aerolatus, airborne

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 5516S-2; DSM 19424; KACC 12602

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF660342 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SJ, Kim YS, Weon HY, Anandham R, Noh HJ, Kwon SW. Xenophilus aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from air. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:327-330.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.

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.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Xenophilus Blümel et al. 2001

Assigned by: Kim SJ, Kim YS, Weon HY, Anandham R, Noh HJ, Kwon SW. Xenophilus aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from air. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:327-330.

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