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

Pronunciation, gender: a͡e-RO-la-tus, masculine

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

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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 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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Record number: 788369