Name: Staleya guttiformis Labrenz et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gut.ti.for’mis. L. fem. n. gutta, the drop; N.L. fem. adj. guttiformis, drop-shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gut-ti-FOR-mis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-5; DSM 11458; Ekho Lake-38; EL-38; JCM 21791

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y16427 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labrenz M, Tindall BJ, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Schumann P, Hirsch P. Staleya guttiformis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter brevis sp. nov., alpha-3-Proteobacteria from hypersaline, heliothermal and meromictic antarctic Ekho Lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:303-313. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sulfitobacter guttiformis (Labrenz et al. 2000) Yoon et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfitobacter guttiformis (Labrenz et al. 2000) Yoon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Staleya Labrenz et al. 2000. Publication: Labrenz M, Tindall BJ, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Schumann P, Hirsch P. Staleya guttiformis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter brevis sp. nov., alpha-3-Proteobacteria from hypersaline, heliothermal and meromictic antarctic Ekho Lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:303-313. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Staleya guttiformis 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 Staleya.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Staleya Labrenz et al. 2000

Assigned by: Labrenz M, Tindall BJ, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Schumann P, Hirsch P. Staleya guttiformis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter brevis sp. nov., alpha-3-Proteobacteria from hypersaline, heliothermal and meromictic antarctic Ekho Lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:303-313. 🇩🇪

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