Name: Sphaerimonospora mesophila (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Mingma et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermomonospora mesophila Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: me.so’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. mesophila, middle (temperature) loving

Pronunciation, gender: me-SO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27303; CIP 105593; DSM 43048; IFO 14179; JCM 3151; NBRC 14179; NRRL B-16986; VKM Ac-1953

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB006170 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mingma R, Duangmal K, Take A, Inahashi Y, Omura S, Takahashi Y, Matsumoto A. Proposal of Sphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1735-1744. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microbispora mesophila (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Zhang et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thermomonospora mesophila Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sphaerimonospora Mingma et al. 2016

Assigned by: Mingma R, Duangmal K, Take A, Inahashi Y, Omura S, Takahashi Y, Matsumoto A. Proposal of Sphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1735-1744. 🇯🇵

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