Name: Gracilibacter thermotolerans Lee et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.to’le.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. thermotolerans, heat-tolerating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1219; DSM 17427; JW/YJL-S1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ117466 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee YJ, Romanek CS, Mills GL, Davis RC, Whitman WB, Wiegel J. Gracilibacter thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermotolerant bacterium from a constructed wetland receiving acid sulfate water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2089-2093.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gracilibacter Lee et al. 2006. Publication: Lee YJ, Romanek CS, Mills GL, Davis RC, Whitman WB, Wiegel J. Gracilibacter thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermotolerant bacterium from a constructed wetland receiving acid sulfate water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2089-2093.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Gracilibacter Lee et al. 2006

Assigned by: Lee YJ, Romanek CS, Mills GL, Davis RC, Whitman WB, Wiegel J. Gracilibacter thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermotolerant bacterium from a constructed wetland receiving acid sulfate water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2089-2093.

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