Name: Gemmobacter tilapiae Sheu et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.la’pi.ae. N.L. fem. n. Tilapia, the common name of tilapiine cichlid fish; N.L. gen. fem. n. tilapiae, of tilapia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a pond for rearing Tilapia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80261; KCTC 23310; Ruye-53

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16S rRNA gene: HQ111526 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Sheu DS, Sheu FS, Chen WM. Gemmobacter tilapiae sp. nov., a poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterium isolated from a freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1550-1556.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neogemmobacter tilapiae (Sheu et al. 2013) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Gemmobacter Rothe et al. 1988

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Sheu DS, Sheu FS, Chen WM. Gemmobacter tilapiae sp. nov., a poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterium isolated from a freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1550-1556.

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Record number: 790688