Name: Kaistella flava Peng et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, golden yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: 7-3A; CCTCC AB 2016141; KCTC 52492

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16S rRNA gene: MF983698 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Kaistella flava" Gargiulo et al. 2008.
  • ❗ Kaistella flava 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 the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kaistella Kim et al. 2004

Assigned by: 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. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 18879