Name: Brevifollis gellanilyticus Otsuka et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gel.lan.i.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. gellanum, gellan; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. gellanilyticus, gellan-dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 110457; DC2c-G4; NBRC 108608

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB552872 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Otsuka S, Suenaga T, Vu HT, Ueda H, Yokota A, Senoo K. Brevifollis gellanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gellan-gum-degrading bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3075-3078.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brevifollis Otsuka et al. 2013. Publication: Otsuka S, Suenaga T, Vu HT, Ueda H, Yokota A, Senoo K. Brevifollis gellanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gellan-gum-degrading bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3075-3078.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Brevifollis Otsuka et al. 2013

Assigned by: Otsuka S, Suenaga T, Vu HT, Ueda H, Yokota A, Senoo K. Brevifollis gellanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gellan-gum-degrading bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3075-3078.

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Record number: 790979