Name: Allostellaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Al.lo.stel.la’ce.ae. Gr. masc. pron. allos, other; N.L. fem. pl. n. Stellaceae, a bacterial family name; N.L. fem. pl. n. Allostellaceae, another Stellaceae family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-lo-stel-LA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Allostella Deshmukh and Oren 2025

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Allobogoriella gen. nov., Allobogoriella caseilytica comb. nov., Allostella gen. nov., Allostella humosa comb. nov. and Allostella vacuolata comb. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Bogoriella, Bogoriella caseilytica, Stella, Stella humosa and Stella vacuolata, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6930. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6976.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Stellaceae Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 5; VKM: 4; DSM: 4; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Allostella Deshmukh and Oren 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Constrictibacter Yamada et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Stella Vasilyeva 1985	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Allobogoriella gen. nov., Allobogoriella caseilytica comb. nov., Allostella gen. nov., Allostella humosa comb. nov. and Allostella vacuolata comb. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Bogoriella, Bogoriella caseilytica, Stella, Stella humosa and Stella vacuolata, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6930. 🇮🇱

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