Name: Roseimicrobium gellanilyticum Otsuka et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gel.la.ni.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. gellanum, gellan; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. gellanilyticum, gellan-dissolving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DC2a-G7; DSM 25532; NBRC 108606

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB552861 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Otsuka S, Ueda H, Suenaga T, Uchino Y, Hamada M, Yokota A, Senoo K. Roseimicrobium gellanilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the class Verrucomicrobiae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1982-1986.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Roseimicrobium Otsuka et al. 2013. Publication: Otsuka S, Ueda H, Suenaga T, Uchino Y, Hamada M, Yokota A, Senoo K. Roseimicrobium gellanilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the class Verrucomicrobiae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1982-1986.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 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: Roseimicrobium Otsuka et al. 2013

Assigned by: Otsuka S, Ueda H, Suenaga T, Uchino Y, Hamada M, Yokota A, Senoo K. Roseimicrobium gellanilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the class Verrucomicrobiae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1982-1986.

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