Name: Neopusillimonas Babich et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ne.o.pu.sil.li’mo.nas. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new; N.L. fem. n. Pusillimonas, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. n. Neopusillimonas, a new bacterial genus related to Pusillimonas

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Neopusillimonad-), ne-o-pu-sil-LI-mo-nas

Type species: Neopusillimonas maritima (Li et al. 2020) Babich et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Babich TL, Grouzdev DS, Sokolova DS, Tourova TP, Poltaraus AB, Nazina TN. Genome analysis of Pollutimonas subterranea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pollutimonas nitritireducens sp. nov., isolated from nitrate- and radionuclide-contaminated groundwater, and transfer of several Pusillimonas species into three new genera Allopusillimonas, Neopusillimonas, and Mesopusillimonas. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:109-127. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pusillimonas Stolz et al. 2005. Publication: Li J, Qi M, Lai Q, Dong C, Liu X, Wang G, Shao Z. Pusillimonas maritima sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3483-3490. 🇨🇳
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; KCTC: 2; MCC: 1; BCRC: 1; MCCC: 1; NBRC: 1; KACC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Allopusillimonas from the same publication has a similar spelling. — 🧍 The distinct name Mesopusillimonas from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Neopusillimonas aestuarii" Kirdat et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Neopusillimonas aromaticivorans Lin et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neopusillimonas maritima (Li et al. 2020) Babich et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Neopusillimonas minor" (Yao et al. 2022) Babich et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986

Assigned by: Babich TL, Grouzdev DS, Sokolova DS, Tourova TP, Poltaraus AB, Nazina TN. Genome analysis of Pollutimonas subterranea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pollutimonas nitritireducens sp. nov., isolated from nitrate- and radionuclide-contaminated groundwater, and transfer of several Pusillimonas species into three new genera Allopusillimonas, Neopusillimonas, and Mesopusillimonas. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:109-127. 🇷🇺

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