Name: Xylanimonas cellulosilytica Rivas et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo.si.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. cellulosilytica, cellulose-dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: kel-lu-lo-si-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CECT 5975; DSM 15894; JCM 12276; LMG 20990; XIL07

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16S rRNA gene: AF403541 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rivas R, Sanchez M, Trujillo ME, Zurdo-Pineiro JL, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Xylanimonas cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a decayed tree (Ulmus nigra). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:99-103.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Xylanimonas Rivas et al. 2003. Publication: Rivas R, Sanchez M, Trujillo ME, Zurdo-Pineiro JL, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Xylanimonas cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a decayed tree (Ulmus nigra). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:99-103.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Foster B, Pukall R, Abt B, Nolan M, Glavina Del Rio T, Chen F, Lucas S, Tice H, Pitluck S, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of Xylanimonas cellulosilytica type strain (XIL07). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 2:1-8.

Parent taxon: Xylanimonas Rivas et al. 2003

Assigned by: Rivas R, Sanchez M, Trujillo ME, Zurdo-Pineiro JL, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Xylanimonas cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from a decayed tree (Ulmus nigra). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:99-103.

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