Name: Gramella echinicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.chi.ni’co.la. L. masc. n. echinus, a hedgehog, urchin; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. echinicola, a urchin-dweller

Pronunciation, gender: e-k^hi-NI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 19838; JCM 13510; KCTC 12278; KMM 6050; LMG 22585; NBRC 100593

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Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Lysenko AM, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS, Lee DH, Kim IS. Gramella echinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:391-394. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Christiangramia echinicola (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Christiangramia echinicola (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Jeong et al. 2013 Jeong SH, Jin HM, Jeon CO. Gramella aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat, and emended description of Gramella echinicola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2872-2878. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.
  • Shahina et al. 2014 Shahina M, Hameed A, Lin SY, Lee RJ, Lee MR, Young CC. Gramella planctonica sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of Gramella aestuarii and Gramella echinicola. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:771-779. 🇹🇼 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.
  • Panschin et al. 2016 Panschin I, Huang S, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Rohde M, Verbarg S, Lapidus A, Han J, Trong S, Haynes M, et al. Comparing polysaccharide decomposition between the type strains Gramella echinicola KMM 6050^T (DSM 19838^T) and Gramella portivictoriae UST040801-001^T (DSM 23547^T), and emended description of Gramella echinicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005 emend. Shahina et al. 2014 and Gramella portivictoriae Lau et al. 2005. Stand Genomic Sci 2016; 11:37. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 25. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:7-8.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005. Publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Lysenko AM, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS, Lee DH, Kim IS. Gramella echinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:391-394. 🇷🇺
  • 😢 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. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 13 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: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Lysenko AM, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS, Lee DH, Kim IS. Gramella echinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:391-394. 🇷🇺

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