Name: Alcaligenes pacificus corrig. Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. pacificus, pacific, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean

Type strains: 62; ATCC 27122; CIP 103200; DSM 4742; JCM 20633; LMG 3446; NBRC 102220

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene accession number: L42616

Effective publication: Baumann L, Baumann P, Mandel M, Allen RD. Taxonomy of aerobic marine eubacteria. J Bacteriol 1972; 110:402-429.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halomonas pacifica (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Deleya pacifica (Baumann et al. 1972) Baumann et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Halomonas pacifica (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Alcaligenes pacifus (sic) Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	orthographically incorrect name, misspelling

• Notes:
  • Deposits incorrectly indicated in the literature as representing the type strain of this taxon: JCM 18379; KCTC 52762; LMG 26997.
  • The original spelling, Alcaligenes pacifus (sic), has been corrected by Hill et al. 1984. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.

Parent taxon: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Baumann L, Baumann P, Mandel M, Allen RD. Taxonomy of aerobic marine eubacteria. J Bacteriol 1972; 110:402-429.

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