Name: Gillisia limnaea Van Trappen et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lim.nae’a. Gr. masc. adj. limnaîos, of or from the marsh; N.L. fem. adj. limnaea, living in the water, referring to the isolation source, microbial mats in Lake Fryxell

Pronunciation, gender: lim-NA͡E-a, feminine

Type strain: DSM 15749; LMG 21470; R-8282

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ440991 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Van Trappen S, Vandecandelaere I, Mergaert J, Swings J. Gillisia limnaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a microbial mat in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:445-448.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gillisia Van Trappen et al. 2004. Publication: Van Trappen S, Vandecandelaere I, Mergaert J, Swings J. Gillisia limnaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a microbial mat in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:445-448.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Riedel T, Held B, Nolan M, Lucas S, Lapidus A, Tice H, Del Rio TG, Cheng JF, Han C, Tapia R, et al. Genome sequence of the Antarctic rhodopsins-containing flavobacterium Gillisia limnaea type strain (R-8282^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2012; 7:107-119.

Parent taxon: Gillisia Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Van Trappen S, Vandecandelaere I, Mergaert J, Swings J. Gillisia limnaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a microbial mat in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:445-448.

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