Name: Terracidiphilus gabretensis García-Fraile et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gab.ret.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. gabretensis, pertaining to Gabreta, the Celtic name of the Bohemian Forest, the mountain range in central Europe, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8791; NBRC 111238; S55

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP120762 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Garcia-Fraile P, Benada O, Cajthaml T, Baldrian P, Llado S. Terracidiphilus gabretensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an Abundant and Active Forest Soil Acidobacterium Important in Organic Matter Transformation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:560-569.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Terracidiphilus García-Fraile et al. 2016. Publication: Garcia-Fraile P, Benada O, Cajthaml T, Baldrian P, Llado S. Terracidiphilus gabretensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an Abundant and Active Forest Soil Acidobacterium Important in Organic Matter Transformation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:560-569.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Terracidiphilus García-Fraile et al. 2016

Assigned by: Garcia-Fraile P, Benada O, Cajthaml T, Baldrian P, Llado S. Terracidiphilus gabretensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an Abundant and Active Forest Soil Acidobacterium Important in Organic Matter Transformation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:560-569.

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