Name: Gallaecimonas xiamenensis Wang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xia.me.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. xiamenensis, of or belonging to Xiamen, a city in Fujian, China, close to where the type strain was isolated [probably better: xiamensis]

Pronunciation, gender: xia-me-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 3-C-1; CCTCC AB 209060; DSM 100312; LMG 25226; MCCC 1A01354

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU593620 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang J, Lai Q, Duan X, Fu Y, Wang L, Wang W, Shao Z. Gallaecimonas xiamenensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:930-933.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Gallaecimonas Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010

Assigned by: Wang J, Lai Q, Duan X, Fu Y, Wang L, Wang W, Shao Z. Gallaecimonas xiamenensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:930-933.

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