Name: Gibbsiella greigii Brady et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: grei’gi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. greigii, of Greig, named after Brian John Ward Greig, the forest pathologist at Forest Research between 1959 and 1995 who worked with Dr. John Gibbs on oak decline in the 1990s

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … GRE͡I-gi-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 29775; FRB 224; LMG 27716; NCPPB 4583

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF308333 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brady C, Hunter G, Kirk S, Arnold D, Denman S. Gibbsiella greigii sp. nov., a novel species associated with oak decline in the USA. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:417-422. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p+". — 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Gibbsiella Brady et al. 2011

Assigned by: Brady C, Hunter G, Kirk S, Arnold D, Denman S. Gibbsiella greigii sp. nov., a novel species associated with oak decline in the USA. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:417-422. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 792463