Name: Granulicella pectinivorans Pankratov and Dedysh 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pec.ti.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. pectinum, pectin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. pectinivorans, pectin-devouring, referring to the ability to use pectin as a growth substrate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21001; TPB6011; VKM B-2509

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM887757 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 -0.00281 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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: 787099