Name: Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus Hwang and Cho 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.la.ti.ni.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. gelatinum, gelatin; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. gelatinilyticus, gelatin-dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CL-GR15; DSM 18289; KCCM 42319

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ386307 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a distinct branch in the order Rhizobiales, and proposal of Cohaesibacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:267-277.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Gallego et al. 2010 Gallego S, Vila J, Maria Nieto J, Urdiain M, Rossello-Mora R, Grifoll M. Breoghania corrubedonensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from a Galician beach (NW Spain) after the Prestige fuel oil spill, and emended description of the family Cohaesibacteraceae and the species Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:316-321. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 13. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:6-7.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cohaesibacter Hwang and Cho 2008. Publication: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a distinct branch in the order Rhizobiales, and proposal of Cohaesibacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:267-277.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Cohaesibacter Hwang and Cho 2008

Assigned by: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a distinct branch in the order Rhizobiales, and proposal of Cohaesibacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:267-277.

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