Name: Marinirhabdus gelatinilytica Wu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.la.ti.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. gelatinum, gelatin; Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. gelatinilytica, gelatindissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15462; DSM 101478; NH83

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT384169 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu YH, Xamxidin M, Meng FX, Zhang XQ, Wang CS, Tohty D, Xu XW. Marinirhabdus gelatinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3095-3101.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marinirhabdus Wu et al. 2016. Publication: Wu YH, Xamxidin M, Meng FX, Zhang XQ, Wang CS, Tohty D, Xu XW. Marinirhabdus gelatinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3095-3101.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Marinirhabdus Wu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Wu YH, Xamxidin M, Meng FX, Zhang XQ, Wang CS, Tohty D, Xu XW. Marinirhabdus gelatinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3095-3101.

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