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

Gender: feminine

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

See detailed strain information at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/knoellia-subterraneaCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 777188