Name: Kueselia Kündgen et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Kue.se’li.a. N.L. fem. n. Kueselia, a bacterium named after Kirsten Küsel for her outstanding work in the field of geomicrobiology

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Kueseli-), ku͡e-SE-li-a

Type species: Kueselia aquadivae Kündgen et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kundgen M, Haufschild T, Hammer J, Lehmann K, Mutter M, Jogler M, Wang H, Lehmann R, Kallscheuer N, Totsche KU, et al. Kueselia aquadivae gen. nov., sp. nov., the first member of the family Isosphaeraceae isolated from subsurface percolates. Sci Rep 2025; 15:32243. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 1; JMRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kueselia aquadivae Kündgen et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Isosphaeraceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2016

Assigned by: Kundgen M, Haufschild T, Hammer J, Lehmann K, Mutter M, Jogler M, Wang H, Lehmann R, Kallscheuer N, Totsche KU, et al. Kueselia aquadivae gen. nov., sp. nov., the first member of the family Isosphaeraceae isolated from subsurface percolates. Sci Rep 2025; 15:32243. 🇩🇪

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