Name: Ancylobacter koreensis (Im et al. 2006) Doronina et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Starkeya koreensis Im et al. 2006

Etymology: ko.re.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea, from where the novel microorganism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18406; IAM 15215; JCM 21669; Jip08; KCTC 12212; NBRC 100963

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681299 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Starkeya koreensis Im et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ancylobacter Raj 1983

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 34757