Genus Niabella

Name: Niabella Kim et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.a.bel’la. L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Niabella, arbitrary name, after NIAB, National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, where taxonomic studies of this taxon were conducted

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Niabell-), ni-a-BEL-la

Type species: Niabella aurantiaca Kim et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BY, Weon HY, Yoo SH, Hong SB, Kwon SW, Stackebrandt E, Go SJ. Niabella aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a greenhouse soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:538-541. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paraniabella Kim et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Dai et al. 2011 Dai J, Jiang F, Wang Y, Yu B, Qi H, Fang C, Zheng C. Niabella tibetensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended description of the genus Niabella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1201-1205. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Kim et al. 2025 Kim YS, Yang Y, Kim M, Lee DH, Cha CJ. Genome-based classification of Paraniabella aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil and taxonomic reclassification of five species within the genus Niabella. J Microbiol 2025; 63:e2505005. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 44. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7140.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Niablella".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Weon et al. (2009), Nguyen and Kim (2025). 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: KACC: 13; JCM: 8; DSM: 4; LMG: 3; CCM: 2; KEMB: 2; CCTCC: 2; NBRC: 2; KCTC: 2; BCRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 15
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 15
Total number of child taxa: 19

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Niabella agricola Lin et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella aquatica Siddiqi and Im 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella aurantiaca Kim et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella beijingensis Guo et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella defluvii Min et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Niabella digestorum" Zhang et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Niabella drilacis Glaeser et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella ginsengisoli Weon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella ginsenosidivorans Yi et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella hibiscisoli Ngo et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella hirudinis Glaeser et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella insulamsoli Nguyen and Kim 2026	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Niabella insulisoli corrig. Nguyen and Kim 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella pedocola Dahal and Kim 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella soli Weon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Niabella terrae" Ahn et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    "Niabella thaonhiensis" Pham and Kim 2014	not validly published	preferred name
    Niabella tibetensis Dai et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niabella yanshanensis Wang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Lodders N, Falsen E. Hydrotalea flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Bacteroidetes and allocation of the genera Chitinophaga, Sediminibacterium, Lacibacter, Flavihumibacter, Flavisolibacter, Niabella, Niastella, Segetibacter, Parasegetibacter, Terrimonas, Ferruginibacter, Filimonas and Hydrotalea to the family Chitinophagaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:518-523. 🇩🇪

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