Name: Gracilimonas mengyeensis Wang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: men.gy.e.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. mengyeensis, of or belonging to the Mengye salt mine, where the type strain was isolated [probably better: mengyensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … men-gy-e-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ACCC 10717; DSM 21985; YIM J14

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC561141 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang YX, Li YP, Liu JH, Xiao W, Lai YH, Li ZY, Ding ZG, Wen ML, Cui XL. Gracilimonas mengyeensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine in Yunnan, south-western China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3989-3993. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Gracilimonas Choi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Wang YX, Li YP, Liu JH, Xiao W, Lai YH, Li ZY, Ding ZG, Wen ML, Cui XL. Gracilimonas mengyeensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt mine in Yunnan, south-western China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3989-3993. 🇨🇳

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