Genus Rossellomorea

Name: Rossellomorea Gupta et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ros.sel.lo.mo’re.a. N.L. fem. n. Rossellomorea, named for the Spanish microbiologist Prof. Ramon Rossello-Móra, Universitat de les illes Balears, Spain, for his work on microbial diversity and systematics in diverse habitats and his contributions to these fields as editor of the journal of Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Rossellomore-), ros-sel-lo-MO-re-a

Type species: Rossellomorea aquimaris (Yoon et al. 2003) Gupta et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rossellomoreaceae Li et al. 2024. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
- 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Rossellomoreaceae Li et al. 2024. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yoon JH, Kim IG, Kang KH, Oh TK, Park YH. Bacillus marisflavi sp. nov. and Bacillus aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1297-1303. 🇰🇷
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rosseallomorea".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05791 (N = 4).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 6; DSM: 5; KCCM: 3; KCTC: 3; NRRL: 1; NBRC: 1; GDMCC: 1; KACC: 1; NCIM: 1; NRIC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 11

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Rossellomorea aquimaris (Yoon et al. 2003) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rossellomorea arthrocnemi Navarro-Torre et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Rossellomorea enclensis" (Dastager et al. 2014) Gupta et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
Rossellomorea marisflavi (Yoon et al. 2003) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Rossellomorea orangium" Umar et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
Rossellomorea oryzaecorticis (Hong et al. 2014) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rossellomorea pakistanensis (Roohi et al. 2014) Li et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Rossellomorea salacetis" (Daroonpunt et al. 2019) Ge et al. 2025	not validly published	synonym
"Rossellomorea sedimentorum" Ge et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
Rossellomorea vietnamensis (Noguchi et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Rossellomorea yichunensis Kong et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. 🇨🇦

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