starkeya koreensis starkeya koreensis starkeya koreensis is a gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacteria from the family xanthobacteraceae which has been isolated from the stem of a rice straw in daejon in korea. starkeya koreensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: xanthobacteraceae genus: starkeya species: s. koreensis binomial name starkeya koreensisim et al. 2006 type strain cip 109384, dsm 18406, iam 15215, jcm 21669, jip08, kctc 12212, nbrc 100963