Species Gillisella taibaishanensis

Name: Gillisella taibaishanensis (Yao et al. 2012) Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhizobium taibaishanense Yao et al. 2012

Etymology: tai.bai.sha.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. taibaishanensis, of or belonging to Mount Taibai (Taibaishan) in the Shaanxi province of China, where the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gil-li-SEL-la tai-bai-s͡ha-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 14971; ACCC 14971; CCNWSX 483; DSM 100021; HAMBI 3214

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM776997 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Naranjo-Robayo N, Harrison TL, Esme O, Menendez E, Kuzmanovic N, Peix A, Young JPW, diCenzo GC. Updated taxonomy of the family Rhizobiaceae with proposals for 8 novel genera and 32 novel combinations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7131. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7198.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Allorhizobium taibaishanense (Yao et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhizobium taibaishanense Yao et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Allorhizobium taibaishanense" (Yao et al. 2012) Mousavi et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Allorhizobium taibaishanense (Yao et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Gillisella taibaishanensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Gillisella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-04-30.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Gillisella Naranjo-Robayo et al. 2026

Assigned by: Naranjo-Robayo N, Harrison TL, Esme O, Menendez E, Kuzmanovic N, Peix A, Young JPW, diCenzo GC. Updated taxonomy of the family Rhizobiaceae with proposals for 8 novel genera and 32 novel combinations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7131. 🇨🇦

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.71629Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 71629

• Previous versions:

  • Version	Date	JSON
    1	2026-05-23