Name: Tenacibaculum gallaicum Piñeiro-Vidal et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. neut. adj. gallaicum, of Galicia, a north-western province of Spain, referring to the place of isolation

Gender: neuter

Type strains: DSM 18841; NCIMB 14147; strain A37.1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM176579 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2".

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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