Name: Cellvibrio gandavensis Mergaert et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gan.da.ven’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. gandavensis, pertaining to Gandavum, the Latin name for Gent, the town in Belgium where the strains were isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACM 5174; DSM 24583; LMG 18551; R-4069

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ289162 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mergaert J, Lednicka D, Goris J, Cnockaert MC, De Vos P, Swings J. Taxonomic study of Cellvibrio strains and description of Cellvibrio ostraviensis sp. nov., Cellvibrio fibrivorans sp. nov. and Cellvibrio gandavensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:465-471.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:939-940.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Cellvibrio (ex Winogradsky 1929) Blackall et al. 1986

Assigned by: Mergaert J, Lednicka D, Goris J, Cnockaert MC, De Vos P, Swings J. Taxonomic study of Cellvibrio strains and description of Cellvibrio ostraviensis sp. nov., Cellvibrio fibrivorans sp. nov. and Cellvibrio gandavensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:465-471.

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Record number: 783618