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Species Starkeya nomas
Name: Starkeya nomas Sahuquillo-Arce et al. 2023
Etymology: no’mas. L. masc./fem. n. nomas, wanderer, because it is an environmental bacterium found in Spain and Russia, but also within a human being
Pronunciation, gender: NO-mas, feminine
Type strain: CECT 30124; HF14-78462; LMG 31874
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
LR880920
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Sahuquillo-Arce JM, Reyes-Prieto M, Hernandez-Cabezas A, Molina-Moreno JM, Saez-Nieto JA, Marin MDP, Alcoriza-Balaguer MI, Lahoz A, Sanz J, Gonzalez-Tarancon L, et al. Starkeya nomas sp. nov., a prosthecate and budding bacterium isolated from an immunocompromized patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5805. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6094.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- ❗ Starkeya nomas 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 Starkeya.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 the species itself.
Parent taxon: Starkeya Kelly et al. 2000
Assigned by:
Sahuquillo-Arce JM, Reyes-Prieto M, Hernandez-Cabezas A, Molina-Moreno JM, Saez-Nieto JA, Marin MDP, Alcoriza-Balaguer MI, Lahoz A, Sanz J, Gonzalez-Tarancon L, et al. Starkeya nomas sp. nov., a prosthecate and budding bacterium isolated from an immunocompromized patient. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5805.
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Record number: 40163
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