Name: Granulicella sibirica Oshkin et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si.bi’ri.ca. N.L. fem. adj. sibirica, originating from Siberia, referring to the site of isolation

Pronunciation, gender: si-BI-ri-ka, feminine

Type strain: AF10; DSM 104461; VKM B-3276

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK053657 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oshkin IY, Kulichevskaya IS, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Rakitin AL, Ravin NV, Dedysh SN. Granulicella sibirica sp. nov., a psychrotolerant acidobacterium isolated from an organic soil layer in forested tundra, West Siberia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1195-1201.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05886 (N = 6).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Granulicella Pankratov and Dedysh 2010

Assigned by: Oshkin IY, Kulichevskaya IS, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Rakitin AL, Ravin NV, Dedysh SN. Granulicella sibirica sp. nov., a psychrotolerant acidobacterium isolated from an organic soil layer in forested tundra, West Siberia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1195-1201.

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Record number: 800227