Name: Gilliamella bombi Praet et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bom’bi. L. masc. n. bombus, a boom, a deep hollow noise, buzzing, also the zoological genus name of the bumblebee; L. gen. masc. n. bombi, of Bombus, of a bumblebee

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 104030; LMG 29879

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT631738 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Praet J, Cnockaert M, Meeus I, Smagghe G, Vandamme P. Gilliamella intestini sp. nov., Gilliamella bombicola sp. nov., Gilliamella bombi sp. nov. and Gilliamella mensalis sp. nov.: Four novel Gilliamella species isolated from the bumblebee gut. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:199-204.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 177. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3140-3143.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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: Gilliamella Kwong and Moran 2013

Assigned by: Praet J, Cnockaert M, Meeus I, Smagghe G, Vandamme P. Gilliamella intestini sp. nov., Gilliamella bombicola sp. nov., Gilliamella bombi sp. nov. and Gilliamella mensalis sp. nov.: Four novel Gilliamella species isolated from the bumblebee gut. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:199-204.

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