Name: Shuttleworthella satelles (Downes et al. 2002) Deshmukh and Oren 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Shuttleworthia satelles Downes et al. 2002

Etymology: sa.tel’les. L. masc./fem. n. satelles, a satellite or attendant upon a distinguished person, referring to the satelliting appearance of older cultures

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡hut-tle-wor-T^HEL-la sa-TEL-les, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 45864; DSM 14600; VPI D143K-13

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF399956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Shuttleworthia satelles Downes et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Shuttleworthella Deshmukh and Oren 2024. Publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318. 🇮🇱
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Shuttleworthia satelles Downes et al. 2002, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🫡 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 risk group of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of .

Parent taxon: Shuttleworthella Deshmukh and Oren 2024

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318. 🇮🇱

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