Brevifollis gellanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gellan-gum-degrading bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia Otsuka, Shigeto and Suenaga, Taku and Vu, Hoan Thi and Ueda, Hiroyuki and Yokota, Akira and Senoo, Keishi,, 63, 3075-3078 (2013), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.048793-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= The taxonomic properties of strain DC2c-G4T, a Gram-staining-negative, ovoid, gellan-gum-degrading bacterial isolate, were examined. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences identified this isolate as a member of the phylum Verrucomicrobia and closest to the genus Prosthecobacter . The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities between this isolate and any of the type strains of species of the genus Prosthecobacter were less than 95 %. In addition, the absence of a single prostheca and the predominant menaquinone MK-7(H2) supported the differentiation of this isolate from the genus Prosthecobacter . Here, we propose Brevifollis gellanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov. to accommodate the isolate. The type strain of the type species is DC2c-G4T ( = NBRC 108608T = CIP 110457T)., language=, type=