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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Aurantimonas ureilytica Weon et al. 2007

Etymology: u.re.i.ly’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. ureilytica, urea-dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: u-re-i-LY-ti-ka, feminine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ883810 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rathsack K, Reitner J, Stackebrandt E, Tindall BJ. Reclassification of Aurantimonas altamirensis (Jurado et al. 2006), Aurantimonas ureilytica (Weon et al. 2007) and Aurantimonas frigidaquae (Kim et al. 2008) as members of a new genus, Aureimonas gen. nov., as Aureimonas altamirensis gen. nov., comb. nov., Aureimonas ureilytica comb. nov. and Aureimonas frigidaquae comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genera Aurantimonas and Fulvimarina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2722-2728.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:261-262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00295 (N = 6).
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Aureimonas Rathsack et al. 2011

Assigned by: Rathsack K, Reitner J, Stackebrandt E, Tindall BJ. Reclassification of Aurantimonas altamirensis (Jurado et al. 2006), Aurantimonas ureilytica (Weon et al. 2007) and Aurantimonas frigidaquae (Kim et al. 2008) as members of a new genus, Aureimonas gen. nov., as Aureimonas altamirensis gen. nov., comb. nov., Aureimonas ureilytica comb. nov. and Aureimonas frigidaquae comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genera Aurantimonas and Fulvimarina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2722-2728.

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