Name: Dietzia kunjamensis Mayilraj et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kun.ja.men’sis. N.L. fem. adj. kunjamensis, pertaining to Kunjam Pass of the cold desert of the Indian Himalayas

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44907; JCM 13325; K30-10; MTCC 7007

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ468332 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mayilraj S, Suresh K, Kroppenstedt RM, Saini HS. Dietzia kunjamensis sp. nov., isolated from the Indian Himalayas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1667-1671.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dietzia kunjamensis subsp. kunjamensis (Mayilraj et al. 2006) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dietzia kunjamensis subsp. schimae (Li et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Dietzia Rainey et al. 1995

Assigned by: Mayilraj S, Suresh K, Kroppenstedt RM, Saini HS. Dietzia kunjamensis sp. nov., isolated from the Indian Himalayas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1667-1671.

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Record number: 775786