Name: Kaistia Im et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ka.is’ti.a. L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ia, ending to denote a class; N.L. fem. n. Kaistia, arbitrary name formed from the acronym of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST, where taxonomic studies of this taxon were performed

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Kaisti-), ka-IS-ti-a

Type species: Kaistia adipata Im et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Im WT, Yokota A, Kim MK, Lee ST. Kaistia adipata gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2004; 50:249-254.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Kaistiaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🧕 Lee and Jeon (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lee Y, Jeon CO. Kaistia algarum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater green alga Paulinella chromatophora. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3028-3033.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kaistina".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Jin et al. (2011), Kim et al. (2010). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; KCTC: 5; KACC: 3; JCM: 3; CCM: 2; LMG: 2; CCOS: 1; CIP: 1; IAM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kaistia adipata Im et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kaistia algarum Lee and Jeon 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kaistia cartagenensis" Jiménez et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Kaistia colombiensis" Diaz-Garcia et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Kaistia dalseonensis Jin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kaistia defluvii Jin et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kaistia geumhonensis Jin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kaistia granuli Lee et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kaistia hirudinis Glaeser et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kaistia nematophila Machado et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kaistia soli Weon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kaistia terrae Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Kaistiaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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