Name: Alteristakelama amylovorans Han et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo’vo.rans. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. amylovorans, starch-devouring

Pronunciation, gender: a-my-LO-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.11403; KACC 23651; LT1P40

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Valid publication: Han D, Xin YH, Liu Q. Diverse biofilm-forming Sphingomonadaceae represent twelve novel species isolated from glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alteristakelama amylovorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Alteristakelama.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-09-16.
  • 🙆 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: Alteristakelama Wang et al. 2025

Assigned by: Han D, Xin YH, Liu Q. Diverse biofilm-forming Sphingomonadaceae represent twelve novel species isolated from glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6913.

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Record number: 67335