Name: Belliella pelovolcani Arun et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.lo.vol.ca’ni. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; L. masc. n. Volcanus, god of fire, volcano; N.L. gen. masc. n. pelovolcani, of a mud-volcano, from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bel-li-EL-la pe-lo-wol-KA-ni, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17883; CC-SAL-25; DSM 46698; KCTC 13248

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU685336 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM, Hung MH, Lai WA, Chou JH, Rekha PD, Shen FT, Su SP. Belliella pelovolcani sp. nov., isolated from a mud-volcano in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2534-2537. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  • Korponai et al. 2023 Korponai K, Szuroczki S, Marton Z, Szabo A, Morais PV, Proenca DN, Toth E, Boros E, Marialigeti K, Felfoldi T. Habitat distribution of the genus Belliella in continental waters and the description of Belliella alkalica sp. nov., Belliella calami sp. nov. and Belliella filtrata sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5928. 🇭🇺 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6009.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Belliella Brettar et al. 2004

Assigned by: Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM, Hung MH, Lai WA, Chou JH, Rekha PD, Shen FT, Su SP. Belliella pelovolcani sp. nov., isolated from a mud-volcano in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2534-2537. 🇹🇼

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