Name: Xanthomarina gelatinilytica Vaidya et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.la.ti.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. gelatinum, gelatin; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. gelatinilytica, gelatin-dissolving, referring to the property of being able to hydrolyse gelatin

Pronunciation, gender: ge-la-ti-ni-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: AK20; JCM 18821; MTCC 11705

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE653972 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaidya B, Kumar R, Sharma G, Srinivas TNR, Anil Kumar P. Xanthomarina gelatinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3926-3932.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Xanthomarina Vaidya et al. 2015. Publication: Vaidya B, Kumar R, Sharma G, Srinivas TNR, Anil Kumar P. Xanthomarina gelatinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3926-3932.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Xanthomarina Vaidya et al. 2015

Assigned by: Vaidya B, Kumar R, Sharma G, Srinivas TNR, Anil Kumar P. Xanthomarina gelatinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3926-3932.

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