Name: Niastella koreensis Weon et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.re.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. koreensis, of Korea, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17620; GR20-10; KACC 11465

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ244077 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Lee SY, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Niastella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Niastella yeongjuensis sp. nov., novel members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from soil cultivated with Korean ginseng. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1777-1782.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Niastella Weon et al. 2006. Publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Lee SY, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Niastella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Niastella yeongjuensis sp. nov., novel members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from soil cultivated with Korean ginseng. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1777-1782.
  • 😢 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. 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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Niastella Weon et al. 2006

Assigned by: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Lee SY, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Niastella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Niastella yeongjuensis sp. nov., novel members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from soil cultivated with Korean ginseng. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1777-1782.

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