Genus Niastella
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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").
Niastella Weon et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Niastella koreensis Weon et al. 2006.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Niastella, arbitrary name after NIAST, the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, where taxonomic studies of this taxon were conducted.
Valid publication: WEON (H.Y.), KIM (B.Y.), YOO (S.H.), LEE (S.Y.), KWON (S.W.), GO (S.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Niastella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Niastella yeongjuensis sp. nov., novel members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from soil cultivated with Korean ginseng. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1777-1782.
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→ Niastella Weon et al. 2006 emend. Zhang et al. 2010.
Reference: ZHANG (K.), WANG (Y.), TANG (Y.), DAI (J.), ZHANG (L.), AN (H.), LUO (G.), RAHMAN (E.) and FANG (C.): Niastella populi sp. nov., isolated from soil of Euphrates poplar (Populus euphratica) forest, and emended description of the genus Niastella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 542-545.
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Niastella gongjuensis Kim et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 5GH22-11=KACC 17399=JCM 19941.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM007102.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. gongjuensis, pertaining to Gongju, a city in Korea, where the organism was first isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: KIM, S. J., AHN, J. H., WEON, H. Y., HONG, S. B., SEOK, S. J., KIM, J. S. and KWON, S. W. 2015. Niastella gongjuensis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3115-3118.
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Niastella hibisci Yan et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) THG-YS3.2.1=KCTC 52084=CCTCC AB 2015356.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT962169.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. gen. n. hibisci, of the plant genus Hibiscus.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: YAN, Z. F., LIN, P., WANG, Y. S., GAO, W., LI, C. T., KOOK, M. C. and YI, T. H. 2016. Niastella hibisci sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of mugunghwa, the Korean national flower. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5218-5222.
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Niastella koreensis Weon et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GR20-10 = DSM 17620 = KACC 11465.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ244077, CP003178 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. koreensis, of Korea, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: WEON (H.Y.), KIM (B.Y.), YOO (S.H.), LEE (S.Y.), KWON (S.W.), GO (S.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Niastella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Niastella yeongjuensis sp. nov., novel members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from soil cultivated with Korean ginseng. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1777-1782.
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Niastella populi Zhang et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) THYL-44 = CCTCC AB 208238 = KCTC 22560.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU877262.
Etymology: L. gen. n. populi, of a poplar, pertaining to Populus, the Latin name of the poplars that grow in the forest from which the strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ZHANG (K.), WANG (Y.), TANG (Y.), DAI (J.), ZHANG (L.), AN (H.), LUO (G.), RAHMAN (E.) and FANG (C.): Niastella populi sp. nov., isolated from soil of Euphrates poplar (Populus euphratica) forest, and emended description of the genus Niastella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 542-545.
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Niastella vici Chen et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DJ57=KCTC 42474=CCTCC AB 2015052.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT388748.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. gen. n. vici, of a village, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: CHEN, L., WANG, D., YANG, S. and WANG, G. 2016. Niastella vici sp. nov., isolated from farmland soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1768-1772.
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Niastella yeongjuensis Weon et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GR20-13 = DSM 17621 = KACC 11466.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ244076.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. yeongjuensis, pertaining to Yeongju, a city in Korea, where the organism was first isolated.
Valid publication: WEON (H.Y.), KIM (B.Y.), YOO (S.H.), LEE (S.Y.), KWON (S.W.), GO (S.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Niastella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Niastella yeongjuensis sp. nov., novel members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from soil cultivated with Korean ginseng. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1777-1782.
Original article in IJSEM Online