Name: Gracilimonas amylolytica Wu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. amylolytica, starch dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16248; KCTC 52885; LA399

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT985637 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu YH, Yan J, Fang C, Huo YY, Ma WL, Zhang DM, Wang CS, Xu XW. Gracilimonas amylolytica sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1713-1718.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Gracilimonas Choi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Wu YH, Yan J, Fang C, Huo YY, Ma WL, Zhang DM, Wang CS, Xu XW. Gracilimonas amylolytica sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1713-1718.

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