Name: Ferrimonas gelatinilytica Rahman and Cha 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.la.ti.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. gelatinum, gelatin; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. gelatinilytica, gelatin-dissolving, referring to the property of being able to hydrolyse gelatin

Pronunciation, gender: ge-la-ti-ni-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CJ24; JCM 18720; KACC 17065

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16S rRNA gene: KC017768 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rahman MM, Cha CJ. Ferrimonas gelatinilytica sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4309-4314.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Ferrimonas Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996

Assigned by: Rahman MM, Cha CJ. Ferrimonas gelatinilytica sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4309-4314.

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Record number: 791241