Name: Kaistella chaponensis (Kämpfer et al. 2011) Nicholson et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Chryseobacterium chaponense Kämpfer et al. 2011

Etymology: cha.po.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. chaponensis, pertaining to Lake Chapo, Chile, from which the Atlantic salmon harbouring the original two isolates was obtained

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … k^ha-po-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCM 7737; DSM 23145; Sa 1147-06

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU345045 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nicholson AC, Gulvik CA, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Villarma A, Sheth M, Batra D, et al. Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4432-4450. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Chryseobacterium chaponense Kämpfer et al. 2011

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chryseobacterium chaponense Kämpfer et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Peng et al. 2021 Peng X, Zhang Y, Lu Y, Zhou X, Wei Z, Sun Y, Kuang C, Lu L, Geng Y, Qin K, et al. Kaistella flava sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic tundra soil, and emended descriptions of Kaistella yonginensis, Kaistella jeonii, Kaistella antarctica and Kaistella chaponensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.

• Notes:
  • ❗ Kaistella chaponensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Kaistella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Kaistella Kim et al. 2004

Assigned by: Nicholson AC, Gulvik CA, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Villarma A, Sheth M, Batra D, et al. Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4432-4450. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 12992