Name: Stella Vasilyeva 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. n. Stella, a star, to denote star-shaped morphology of cells

Gender: feminine (stem: Stell-)

Type species: Stella humosa Vasilyeva 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vasilyeva LV. Stella, a new genus of soil prosthecobacteria, with proposals for Stella humosa sp. nov. and Stella vacuolata sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:518-521.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Stellaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Stelja".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; VKM: 2; ATCC: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "STEL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Stella humosa Vasilyeva 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Stella vacuolata Vasilyeva 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Stellaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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