Name: Gelria glutamica Plugge et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glu.ta.mi.ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum glutamicum, glutamic acid; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. glutamica, referring to glutamic acid, on which the bacterium grows

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-262; DSM 14054; TGO

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16S rRNA gene: AF321086 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Plugge CM, Balk M, Zoetendal EG, Stams AJ. Gelria glutamica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, obligately syntrophic, glutamate-degrading anaerobe. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:401-407.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gelria Plugge et al. 2002. Publication: Plugge CM, Balk M, Zoetendal EG, Stams AJ. Gelria glutamica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, obligately syntrophic, glutamate-degrading anaerobe. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:401-407.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Gelria Plugge et al. 2002

Assigned by: Plugge CM, Balk M, Zoetendal EG, Stams AJ. Gelria glutamica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, obligately syntrophic, glutamate-degrading anaerobe. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:401-407.

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