Name: Mechercharimyces mesophilus Matsuo et al. 2006

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: DSM 44894; MBIC 6230; NBRC 104189; YM 3-251

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16S rRNA gene: AB239529 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Matsuo Y, Katsuta A, Matsuda S, Shizuri Y, Yokota A, Kasai H. Mechercharimyces mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens sp. nov., antitumour substance-producing marine bacteria, and description of Thermoactinomycetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2837-2842.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mechercharimyces Matsuo et al. 2006. Publication: Matsuo Y, Katsuta A, Matsuda S, Shizuri Y, Yokota A, Kasai H. Mechercharimyces mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens sp. nov., antitumour substance-producing marine bacteria, and description of Thermoactinomycetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2837-2842.
  • 😷 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: Mechercharimyces Matsuo et al. 2006

Assigned by: Matsuo Y, Katsuta A, Matsuda S, Shizuri Y, Yokota A, Kasai H. Mechercharimyces mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens sp. nov., antitumour substance-producing marine bacteria, and description of Thermoactinomycetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2837-2842.

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