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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ve.nus’tus. L. masc. adj. venustus, lovely, beautiful

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … we-NUS-tus, masculine

Type strain: 86; ATCC 27125; CCUG 16063; CGMCC 1.2315; CIP 103201; DSM 4743; JCM 20634; LMG 3445; NBRC 102221; NCIMB 1979; NCMB 1979

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16S rRNA gene: AJ306894 Analyse FASTA

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomonas hydrothermalis Kaye et al. 2004	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Vreelandella venusta (Baumann et al. 1972) de la Haba et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomonas venusta (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deleya venusta (Baumann et al. 1972) Baumann et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
  • ❗ Alcaligenes venustus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Alcaligenes.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

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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Record number: 773024