Name: Stigmatella Berkeley and Curtis 1875 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Stig.ma.tel’la. Gr. neut. n. stigma (gen. stigmatos), brand, mark; L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Stigmatella, small dark spot

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Stigmatell-), stig-ma-TEL-la

Type species: Stigmatella aurantiaca Berkeley and Curtis 1875 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Berkeley MJ. Notices of the North American Fungi. Grevillea 1875; 3:97-112.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allostigmatella Kostovski and Oren 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allostigmatella Kostovski and Oren 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Cystobacteraceae McCurdy 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Myxococcaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Allostigmatella Kostovski and Oren 2026. Publication: Kostovski M, Oren A. Proposal of Allogeochorda gen. nov., Allogeochorda subterranea comb. nov., Allostigmatella gen. nov. and four new combinations and Allosphingorhabdus gen. nov. and Allosphingorhabdus lutea comb. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate genus names Geochorda, Stigmatella and Alterisphingorhabdus and their species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7208. 🇮🇱
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Siigmatella"; "Sligmalella"; "Stignratella".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; DSM: 3; NCCB: 2; JCM: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 💥 This name is a homonym of Stigmatella Eig (botanical); Stigmatella Ulrich and Bassler, 1904 (zoological) [from Catalogue of Life].
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Stigmatella Mudd 1861 (fungi). Stigmatella Berkeley and Curtis 1875 (Approved Lists 1980) is also a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Stigmatella Ulrich and Bassler 1904, but the name does not contravene the Code because of this homonymy. — Crook M. Personal communication, 2021-08-19.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SGML" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Stigmatella ashevillena Ahearne et al. 2025	inaccurate spelling and illegitimate	misspelling
    Stigmatella ashevillensis corrig. Ahearne et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Stigmatella aurantiaca Berkeley and Curtis 1875 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    "Stigmatella brunnea" McCurdy and Khouw 1969	not validly published	preferred name
    Stigmatella erecta (Schroeter 1886) McCurdy 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Stigmatella hybrida Reichenbach 2007	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    "Stigmatella koreensis" Sood et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Archangiaceae Jahn 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lang E, Schumann P, Tindall BJ, Mohr KI, Sproer C. Reclassification of Angiococcus disciformis, Cystobacter minus and Cystobacter violaceus as Archangium disciforme comb. nov., Archangium minus comb. nov. and Archangium violaceum comb. nov., unification of the families Archangiaceae and Cystobacteraceae, and emended descriptions of the families Myxococcaceae and Archangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4032-4042. 🇩🇪

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