Genus Gramella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 14
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gramella echinicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Gramella, named in honour of the famous Danish pharmacologist and pathologist, Hans Christian Gram (1853-1938), who proposed the differentiating staining of bacteria.
Valid publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), LYSENKO (A.M.), FROLOVA (G.M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.), BAE (K.S.), LEE (D.H.) and KIM (I.S.): Gramella echinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 391-394.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The genus name Gramella is a nominative (not a genitive) and does not mean "of Gram" as cited in the paper by Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005.
Gramella aestuarii Jeong et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BS12=KACC 16188=JCM 17790.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF751047.
Etymology: L. gen. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat, from where the organism was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: JEONG, S. H., JIN, H. M. and JEON, C. O. 2013. Gramella aestuarii sp. nov. isolated from tidal flat and emended description of Gramella echinicola. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 2872-2878.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Gramella aestuarii Jeong et al. 2013 emend. Shahina et al. 2014.
Reference: SHAHINA, M., HAMEED, A., LIN, S.-Y., LEE, R.-J., LEE, M.-R. and YOUNG, C.-C. . Gramella planctonica sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of Gramella aestuarii and Gramella echinicola.
Original article.
Gramella aestuariivivens Park et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BG-MY13=KCTC 42285=NBRC 110677.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM591916.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. neut. n. aestuarium -i, tidal flat; L. part. vivens, living; N.L. part. adj. aestuariivivens, living in a tidal flat.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, J. M., PARK, S., WON, S. M., JUNG, Y. T., SHIN, K. S. and YOON, J. H. 2015. Gramella aestuariivivens sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1262-1267.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Gramella antarctica Li et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R17H11=GDMCC 1.1208=KCTC 52925.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY985365.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, pertaining to the Antarctic, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LI, A. Z., HAN, X. B., LIN, L. Z., ZHANG, M. X. and ZHU, H. H. 2018. Gramella antarctica sp. nov., isolated from marine surface sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 358-363.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Gramella aquimixticola Park et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HJM-19=KCTC 42706=NBRC 111224.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KR868710.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; L. part. adj. mixtus, mixed; L. suff. cola, inhabitant; N.L. fem. n. aquimixticola, an inhabitant of mixed waters.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., KIM, S., JUNG, Y. T. and YOON, J. H. 2015. Gramella aquimixticola sp. nov., isolated from water of an estuary environment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4244-4249.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 13510 = KCTC 12278 = KMM 6050 = LMG 22585 = NBRC 100593.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY608409.
Etymology: L. n. echinus, a hedgehog, urchin; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), dweller; N.L. n. echinicola, a urchin-dweller.
Valid publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), LYSENKO (A.M.), FROLOVA (G.M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.), BAE (K.S.), LEE (D.H.) and KIM (I.S.): Gramella echinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 391-394.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Gramella echinicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005 emend. Jeong et al. 2013
Reference: JEONG, S. H., JIN, H. M. and JEON, C. O. 2013. Gramella aestuarii sp. nov. isolated from tidal flat and emended description of Gramella echinicola. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 2872-2878.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Gramella echinicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005 emend. Shahina et al. 2014.
Reference: SHAHINA, M., HAMEED, A., LIN, S.-Y., LEE, R.-J., LEE, M.-R. and YOUNG, C.-C. . Gramella planctonica sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of Gramella aestuarii and Gramella echinicola.
Original article.
Gramella gaetbulicola Cho et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RA5-111 = JCM 16528 = KCTC 23022 = NBRC 106272.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ857650.
Etymology: N.L. n. gaetbulum, gaetbul, the Korean name for a tidal flat; L. suff. -cola (from L. masc. or fem. n. incola), a dweller, inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. gaetbulicola, a dweller of a tidal flat.
Valid publication: CHO (S.H.), CHAE (S.H.), CHO (M.), KIM (T.U.), CHOI (S.), HAN (J.H.), KIM (Y.T.), JOUNG (Y.), JOH (K.), NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.) and KIM (S.B.): Gramella gaetbulicola sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from foreshore soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2654-2658.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Gramella lutea Yoon et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YJ019=KCTC 42382=NBRC 110751.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC025613.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. lutea, orange-coloured.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 3763-3767.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Yoon, J., Jo, Y., Kim, G.J. and Choi, H. 2015. Gramella lutea sp. nov., a novel species of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine sediment. Curr. Microbiol. 71, 252-258.
Effective publication Online
Gramella marina Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KCTC 12366 = KMM 6048 = LMG 25418.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY753911.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine, a bacterium isolated from a marine environment.
Valid publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.) and BAE (K.S.): Gramella marina sp. nov., isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2799-2802.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Gramella oceani Hameed et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-AMSZ-T=JCM 18809=BCRC 80547.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC169796.
Etymology: L. gen. masc. n. oceani, of the ocean.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: HAMEED, A., SHAHINA, M., LIN, S.-Y., LIU, Y.-C., LAI, W.-A. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2014. Gramella oceani sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2675-2681.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Gramella planctonica Shahina et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-AMWZ-3=BCRC 80553=JCM 18807.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC169794.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2184-2187.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: SHAHINA, M., HAMEED, A., LIN, S.-Y., LEE, R.-J., LEE, M.-R. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2014. Gramella planctonica sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of Gramella aestuarii and Gramella echinicola. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 771-779.
Effective publication Online
Gramella portivictoriae Lau et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UST040801-001 = JCM 13192 = NBRC 101534 = NRRL B-41137.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ002871.
Etymology: L. n. portus, harbour; L. gen. n. victoriae, of victory; N.L. gen. n. portivictoriae, of Victoria harbour, Hong Kong, the source of isolation of the type strain.
Valid publication: LAU (S.C.K.), TSOI (M.M.Y.), LI (X.), PLAKHOTNIKOVA (I.), DOBRETSOV (S.), WONG (P.K.) and QIAN (P.Y.): Gramella portivictoriae sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2497-2500.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Lau et al. 2005, the type strain NRRL B-41137 is erroneously cited as NRRL 41137 (see, Erratum in IJSEM Online).
Gramella salexigens Shin et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LPB0144=KACC 18894=JCM 31560.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX066854.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP018153.
Etymology: L. n. sal, salis, salt, seawater; L. v. exigo, to demand; N.L. part. adj. salexigens, seawater-demanding.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SHIN, S. K., KIM, E. and YI, H. 2018. Gramella salexigens sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2381-2385.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Gramella sediminilitoris Park et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GHTF-27=KCTC 52208=NBRC 111992.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU696541.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. n. sedimen, -inis sediment; L. n. litus, -oris the seashore, beach; N.L. gen. n. sediminilitoris, of sediment of seashore.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., YOON, S. Y., JUNG, Y. T., WON, S. M. and YOON, J. H. 2016. Gramella sediminilitoris sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2704-2710.
Original article in IJSEM Online