Name: Kaistia terrae Kim et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … TER-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: 5YN7-3; DSM 21341; KACC 12910

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU723082 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SJ, Weon HY, Kim YS, Anandham R, Yoo SH, Park IC, Kwon SW. Kaistia terrae sp. nov., isolated from a wetland in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:949-952. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Kaistia Im et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kim SJ, Weon HY, Kim YS, Anandham R, Yoo SH, Park IC, Kwon SW. Kaistia terrae sp. nov., isolated from a wetland in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:949-952. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 788484