Name: Aurantimonas ureilytica Weon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.re.i.ly’ti.ca. Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. ureilytica, urea-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … u-re-i-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: 5715S-12; DSM 18598; KACC 11607

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16S rRNA gene: DQ883810 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Joa JH, Lee KH, Zhang YS, Kwon SW, Koo BS. Aurantimonas ureilytica sp. nov., isolated from an air sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1717-1720. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Aureimonas ureilytica (Weon et al. 2007) Rathsack et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rathsackimonas ureilytica (Weon et al. 2007) Sbissi et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aureimonas ureilytica (Weon et al. 2007) Rathsack et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Aurantimonas ureilytica 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 Aurantimonas.
  • 😷 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 2 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Aurantimonas Denner et al. 2003

Assigned by: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Joa JH, Lee KH, Zhang YS, Kwon SW, Koo BS. Aurantimonas ureilytica sp. nov., isolated from an air sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1717-1720. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 786578