Genus Gillisella

Name: Gillisella Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gil.li.sel’la. N.L. fem. n. Gillisella, named to honour Professor Monique Gillis, who made important contributions to the taxonomy of rhizobia

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Gillisell-), gil-li-SEL-la

Type species: Gillisella vitis (Ophel and Kerr 1990) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026

Valid publication: Naranjo-Robayo N, Harrison TL, Esme O, Menendez E, Kuzmanovic N, Peix A, Young JPW, diCenzo GC. Updated taxonomy of the family Rhizobiaceae with proposals for 8 novel genera and 32 novel combinations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7131. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7198.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allorhizobium de Lajudie et al. 1998

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Allorhizobium de Lajudie et al. 1998	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Xaviernesmea Kuzmanović et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Allorhizobium de Lajudie et al. 1998. Publication: Mousavi SA, Willems A, Nesme X, de Lajudie P, Lindstrom K. Revised phylogeny of Rhizobiaceae: proposal of the delineation of Pararhizobium gen. nov., and 13 new species combinations. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:84-90. 🇫🇮
- ❗ Gillisella is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09217 (N = 22).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: HAMBI: 2; ATCC: 2; JCM: 2; DSM: 2; LMG: 1; NCPPB: 1; IFO: 1; ACCC: 1; ICMP: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Gillisella ampelina (Kuzmanović et al. 2022) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Gillisella taibaishanensis (Yao et al. 2012) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Gillisella terrae (Lin et al. 2020) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Gillisella vitis (Ophel and Kerr 1990) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Naranjo-Robayo N, Harrison TL, Esme O, Menendez E, Kuzmanovic N, Peix A, Young JPW, diCenzo GC. Updated taxonomy of the family Rhizobiaceae with proposals for 8 novel genera and 32 novel combinations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7131. 🇨🇦

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