Name: Knoellia subterranea Groth et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.a. L. prep. sub, below, underneath; L. fem. n. terra, soil; L. fem. adj. subterranea, under the earth, referring to the place of isolation

Pronunciation, gender: sup-ter-RA-ne-a, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 48178; CIP 106776; DSM 12332; HKI 120; JCM 11537; KCTC 19937; NBRC 100351

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ294413 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Groth I, Schumann P, Schutze B, Augsten K, Stackebrandt E. Knoellia sinensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Knoellia subterranea sp. nov., two novel actinobacteria isolated from a cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:77-84.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Knoellia Groth et al. 2002

Assigned by: Groth I, Schumann P, Schutze B, Augsten K, Stackebrandt E. Knoellia sinensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Knoellia subterranea sp. nov., two novel actinobacteria isolated from a cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:77-84.

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Record number: 777188