Name: Starkeya Kelly et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Star’ke.ya. N.L. fem. n. Starkeya, of Starkey, referring to Robert L. Starkey, who made important contributions to the study of soil microbiology and sulfur biochemistry

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Starkey-), STAR-ke-ya

Type species: Starkeya novella (Starkey 1934) Kelly et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kelly DP, McDonald IR, Wood AP. Proposal for the reclassification of Thiobacillus novellus as Starkeya novella gen. nov., comb. nov., in the alpha-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1797-1802.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1955.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ancylobacter Raj 1983

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Angulomicrobium Vasil'eva et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Ancylobacter Raj 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylorhabdus Doronina et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Ancylobacter Raj 1983. Publication: Doronina NV, Chemodurova AA, Grouzdev DS, Koziaeva VV, Agafonova NV, Shi W, Wu L, Kaparullina EN. Ancylobacter moscoviensis sp. nov., novel facultatively methylotrophic bacteria from activated sludge and the reclassification of Starkeya novella (Starkey 1934) Kelly et al. 2000 as Ancylobacter novellus comb. nov., Starkeya koreensis Im et al. 2006 as Ancylobacter koreensis comb.nov., Angulomicrobium tetraedrale Vasil'eva et al. 1986 as Ancylobacter tetraedralis comb. nov., Angulomicrobium amanitiforme Fritz et al. 2004 as Ancylobacter amanitiformis comb. nov., and Methylorhabdus multivorans Doronina et al. 1996 as Ancylobacter multivorans comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Ancylobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:153-170.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Starkeya is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00207 (N = 38).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 3; IAM: 2; DSM: 2; IFO: 2; CIP: 2; NCIMB: 2; JCM: 2; NCCB: 2; CCM: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Starkeya koreensis Im et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Starkeya nomas Sahuquillo-Arce et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned species
    Starkeya novella (Starkey 1934) Kelly et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Xanthobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919.

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