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Species Tenacibaculum gallaicum
Name: Tenacibaculum gallaicum Piñeiro-Vidal et al. 2008
Etymology: gal.la’i.cum. N.L. neut. adj. gallaicum, of Galicia, a north-western province of Spain, referring to the place of isolation
Pronunciation, gender: gal-LA-i-kum, neuter
Type strain: A37.1; DSM 18841; NCIMB 14147
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AM746477
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Pineiro-Vidal M, Riaza A, Santos Y. Tenacibaculum discolor sp. nov. and Tenacibaculum gallaicum sp. nov., isolated from sole (Solea senegalensis) and turbot (Psetta maxima) culture systems. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:21-25. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
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🧍 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: Tenacibaculum Suzuki et al. 2001
Assigned by:
Pineiro-Vidal M, Riaza A, Santos Y. Tenacibaculum discolor sp. nov. and Tenacibaculum gallaicum sp. nov., isolated from sole (Solea senegalensis) and turbot (Psetta maxima) culture systems. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:21-25.
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Record number: 785761
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