Name: Knoellia Groth et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Knoel’li.a. N.L. fem. n. Knoellia, after Hans Knöll (1913-1978), a German pioneer in antibiotic research

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Knoelli-), KNO͡EL-li-a

Type species: Knoellia sinensis Groth et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Schutze B, Augsten K, Stackebrandt E. Knoellia sinensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Knoellia subterranea sp. nov., two novel actinobacteria isolated from a cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:77-84. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 8; JCM: 5; DSM: 4; CPCC: 4; NBRC: 3; CIP: 3; CCUG: 2; KACC: 2; ATCC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Knoellia aerolata Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia altitudinis Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia flava Yu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia koreensis Lee et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia locipacati Shin et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia pratensis Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia remsis (Osman et al. 2007) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia sinensis Groth et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia subterranea Groth et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia terrae Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Knoellia tibetensis Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳

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