Subscribe to our newsletter
Sign up to our mailing list to receive updates from LPSN every few months.
Follow the ICSP and DSMZ (D3) on LinkedIn.
Species Massilia niastensis
Name: Massilia niastensis Weon et al. 2009
Etymology: ni.as.ten’sis. N.L. fem. adj. niastensis, pertaining to NIAST, the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, where taxonomic studies of the type strain were conducted
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-as-TEN-sis, feminine
Type strain: 5516S-1; DSM 21313; KACC 12599
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EU808005
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Weon HY, Kim BY, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW, Stackebrandt E. Massilia niabensis sp. nov. and Massilia niastensis sp. nov., isolated from air samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1656-1660. 
🇰🇷
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2381-2382.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
-
Synonyms:
-
Name Kind Telluria niastensis (Weon et al. 2009) Bowman 2023 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
-
-
Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06425 (N = 18).
- 😷 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 11 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 risk group of the genus.
-
🧍 The distinct name Massilia niabensis from the same publication has a similar spelling.
Publication:
Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.
-
🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸
Parent taxon: Massilia La Scola et al. 2000
Assigned by:
Weon HY, Kim BY, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW, Stackebrandt E. Massilia niabensis sp. nov. and Massilia niastensis sp. nov., isolated from air samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1656-1660. 🇰🇷
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/massilia-niastensisLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 787967
This LPSN page was printed on 2026-02-07 16:40:47