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. 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

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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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