Genus Belliella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Belliella Brettar et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Belliella baltica Brettar et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Belliella, named in honour of the aquatic microbiologist Russell Bell (University of Uppsala).
Valid publication: BRETTAR (I.), CHRISTEN (R.) and HÖFLE (M.G.): Belliella baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 65-70.
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→ Belliella Brettar et al. 2004 emend. Anil Kumar et al. 2012.
Reference: ANIL KUMAR (P.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), MADHU (S.), SRAVAN (R.), SINGH (S.), NAQVI (S.W.A.), MAYILRAJ (S.) and SHIVAJI (S.): Cecembia lonarensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkalitolerant bacterium of the family Cyclobacteriaceae, isolated from a haloalkaline lake and emended descriptions of the genera Indibacter, Nitritalea and Belliella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2252-2258.
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Belliella aquatica Zhong et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TS-T86=CGMCC 1.12479=JCM 19468.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC762321.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aquatica, living in water, referring to the isolation of the type strain from water.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: ZHONG, Z. P., LIU, Y., HOU, T. T., ZHOU, Y. G., LIU, H. C. and LIU, Z. P. 2015. Belliella aquatica sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1622-1627.
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Belliella baltica Brettar et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BA134 = CIP 108006 = DSM 15883 = LMG 21964.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ564643.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. baltica, of or belonging to the Baltic Sea (the source of the type strain).
Valid publication: BRETTAR (I.), CHRISTEN (R.) and HÖFLE (M.G.): Belliella baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 65-70.
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Belliella buryatensis Kozyreva et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 5C=VKM B-2724=KCTC 32194.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LK021687.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. buryatensis, pertaining to Buryatia, the geographical origin of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: KOZYREVA, L., EGOROVA, D., ANAN'INA, L., PLOTNIKOVA, E., ARISKINA, E., PRISYAZHNAYA, N., RADNAEVA, L. and NAMSARAEV, B. 2016. Belliella buryatensis sp. nov., isolated from alkaline lake water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 137-143.
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Belliella kenyensis Akhwale et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 164=DSM 46651=CECT 8551.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF976732.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. kenyensis, pertaining to Kenya, the country from which the sample was collected.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: AKHWALE, J. K., GÖKER, M., ROHDE, M., SCHUMANN, P., KLENK, H.-P. and BOGA, H. I. 2015. Belliella kenyensis sp. nov., isolated from an alkaline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 457-462
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Belliella marina Song et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SW112=CGMCC 1.15180=KCTC 33694.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KR048277.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SONG, L., LIU, H., WANG, J., HUANG, Y., DAI, X., HAN, X. and ZHOU, Y. 2015. Belliella marina sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4353-4357.
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Belliella pelovolcani Arun et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-SAL-25 = BCRC 17883 = KCTC 13248.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU685336.
Etymology: Gr. n. pelos, mud; L. n. Volcanus, god of fire; here intended to mean a volcano; N.L. gen. n. pelovolcani, of a mud-volcano, from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ARUN (A.B.), YOUNG (C.C.), CHEN (W.M.), HUNG (M.H.), LAI (W.A.), CHOU (J.H.), REKHA (P.D.), SHEN (F.T.) and SU (S.P.): Belliella pelovolcani sp. nov., isolated from a mud-volcano in Taiwan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2534-2537.
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