Name: Niabella aurantiaca Kim et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.ca. N.L. fem. adj. aurantiaca, orange-coloured

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ran-TI-a-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 17617; KACC 11698; R2A15-11

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ457019 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BY, Weon HY, Yoo SH, Hong SB, Kwon SW, Stackebrandt E, Go SJ. Niabella aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a greenhouse soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:538-541.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Niabella Kim et al. 2007. Publication: Kim BY, Weon HY, Yoo SH, Hong SB, Kwon SW, Stackebrandt E, Go SJ. Niabella aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a greenhouse soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:538-541.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Niabella Kim et al. 2007

Assigned by: Kim BY, Weon HY, Yoo SH, Hong SB, Kwon SW, Stackebrandt E, Go SJ. Niabella aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a greenhouse soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:538-541.

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