Name: Christiangramia echinicola (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Gramella echinicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Etymology: e.chi.ni’co.la. L. masc. n. echinus, a hedgehog, urchin; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. echinicola, an urchin-dweller

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19838; JCM 13510; KCTC 12278; KMM 6050; LMG 22585; NBRC 100593

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681204 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Christiangramia gen. nov., Neomelitea gen. nov. and Nicoliella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, Melitea Urios et al. 2008 and Nicolia Oliphant et al. 2022, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5806.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gramella echinicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Christiangramia Deshmukh and Oren 2023. Publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Christiangramia gen. nov., Neomelitea gen. nov. and Nicoliella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, Melitea Urios et al. 2008 and Nicolia Oliphant et al. 2022, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5806.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Christiangramia Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Christiangramia gen. nov., Neomelitea gen. nov. and Nicoliella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, Melitea Urios et al. 2008 and Nicolia Oliphant et al. 2022, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5806.

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Record number: 37509