Name: Gibbsiella quercinecans Brady et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: quer.ci.ne’cans. L. gen. fem. n. quercus, oak, oaktree; L. inf. v. necare, to kill, to destroy; N.L. fem. part. adj. quercinecans, oak-destroying (causing necrosis of oak)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 25889; FRB 97; LMG 25500; NCPPB 4470

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU562337 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brady C, Denman S, Kirk S, Venter S, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Coutinho T. Description of Gibbsiella quercinecans gen. nov., sp. nov., associated with Acute Oak Decline. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:444-450.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Gibbsiella acetica" Geider et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gibbsiella Brady et al. 2011. Publication: Brady C, Denman S, Kirk S, Venter S, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Coutinho T. Description of Gibbsiella quercinecans gen. nov., sp. nov., associated with Acute Oak Decline. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:444-450.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2". — 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 20 times 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.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2012). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. List of new names of plant pathogenic bacteria (2008-2010). Journal of Plant Pathology 2012; 94:21-27.

Parent taxon: Gibbsiella Brady et al. 2011

Assigned by: Brady C, Denman S, Kirk S, Venter S, Rodriguez-Palenzuela P, Coutinho T. Description of Gibbsiella quercinecans gen. nov., sp. nov., associated with Acute Oak Decline. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:444-450.

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