Name: Allostella Deshmukh and Oren 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.lo.stel’la. Gr. masc. pron. allos, other; L. fem. n. Stella, a bacterial genus (‘star’); N.L. fem. n. Allostella, another Stella

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Allostell-), al-lo-STEL-la

Type species: Allostella humosa (Vasilyeva 1985) Deshmukh and Oren 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Stella Vasilyeva 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Allostellaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2025. 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Stella Vasilyeva 1985. Publication: Vasilyeva LV. Stella, a new genus of soil prosthecobacteria, with proposals for Stella humosa sp. nov. and Stella vacuolata sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:518-521.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 2; VKM: 2.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Allostella humosa (Vasilyeva 1985) Deshmukh and Oren 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Allostella vacuolata (Vasilyeva 1985) Deshmukh and Oren 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Allostellaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2025

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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Record number: 67639