Name: Christiangramia forsetii (Panschin et al. 2017) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Gramella forsetii Panschin et al. 2017

Etymology: for.set’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. forsetii, of Forseti, the god of justice and reconciliation in Scandinavian mythology who presided at the Thing and is associated with Helgoland, the German island from where the bacterium was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15422; DSM 17595; KT0803

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF235117 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 forsetii Panschin et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times 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: 37621