starkeya starkeya starkeya is a genus of bacteria from the family of xanthobacteraceae. starkeya scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: xanthobacteraceae genus: starkeyakelly et al. 2000 type species starkeya novella species s. koreensis im et al. 2006 s. novella (starkey 1934) kelly et al. 2000