Name: Gramella flava Liu et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, the colour of its colonies or pigment

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gra-MEL-la FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12375; JLT2011; LMG 27360

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX397931 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu K, Li S, Jiao N, Tang K. Gramella flava sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:165-168. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Christiangramia flava (Liu et al. 2014) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Christiangramia flava (Liu et al. 2014) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Liu K, Li S, Jiao N, Tang K. Gramella flava sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:165-168. 🇨🇳

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