Name: Gorillibacterium massiliense Keita et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliense, of Massilia, the ancient Roman name for Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CSUR P290; DSM 27179; G5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC193239 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Keita MB, Padhmanabhan R, Caputo A, Robert C, Delaporte E, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Bittar F. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Gorillibacterium massiliense gen. nov, sp. nov., a new member of the family Paenibacillaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:807-820.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 174. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:529-531.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hwang et al. 2018 Hwang WM, Ko Y, Kang K, Ahn TY. Paludirhabdus telluriireducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Paludirhabdus pumila sp. nov., isolated from soil of a mountain wetland and emended description of Gorillibacterium massiliense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3040-3046. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gorillibacterium Keita et al. 2017. Publication: Keita MB, Padhmanabhan R, Caputo A, Robert C, Delaporte E, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Bittar F. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Gorillibacterium massiliense gen. nov, sp. nov., a new member of the family Paenibacillaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:807-820.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Gorillibacterium Keita et al. 2017

Assigned by: Keita MB, Padhmanabhan R, Caputo A, Robert C, Delaporte E, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Bittar F. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Gorillibacterium massiliense gen. nov, sp. nov., a new member of the family Paenibacillaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:807-820.

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