Name: Granulicella aggregans Pankratov and Dedysh 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ag’gre.gans. L. part. adj. aggregans, attaching one's self to, adhering to, referring to the ability of the cells to form aggregates; from L. v. aggrego, to aggregate, form clumps

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 22516; LMG 25274; TPB6028; VKM B-2571

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM887756 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pankratov TA, Dedysh SN. Granulicella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., Granulicella pectinivorans sp. nov., Granulicella aggregans sp. nov. and Granulicella rosea sp. nov., acidophilic, polymer-degrading acidobacteria from Sphagnum peat bogs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2951-2959.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04022 (N = 3).
  • 😷 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: Granulicella Pankratov and Dedysh 2010

Assigned by: Pankratov TA, Dedysh SN. Granulicella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., Granulicella pectinivorans sp. nov., Granulicella aggregans sp. nov. and Granulicella rosea sp. nov., acidophilic, polymer-degrading acidobacteria from Sphagnum peat bogs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2951-2959.

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Record number: 788944