Name: Billgrantia desiderata (Berendes et al. 1997) de la Haba et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halomonas desiderata Berendes et al. 1997

Etymology: de.si.de.ra’ta. L. fem. adj. desiderata, wished for, the strain wished for

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … de-si-de-RA-ta, feminine

Type strain: CIP 105505; DSM 9502; FB2; LMG 19548

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16S rRNA gene: X92417 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Halomonas desiderata Berendes et al. 1997

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomonas desiderata Berendes et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomonas daqingensis Wu et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Billgrantia de la Haba et al. 2024. Publication: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707. 🇪🇸
  • ⏰ According to Shang et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Halomonas daqingensis Wu et al. 2008. Publication: Shang J, Xu L, Yang R, Zhao Y, Tang SK, Sun JQ. Halomonas alkalisoli sp. nov., a novel haloalkalophilic species from saline-alkaline soil, and reclassification of Halomonas daqingensis Wu et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Halomonas desiderata Berendes et al. 1996. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126351. 🇨🇳
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 37. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5696.
  • ❗ Billgrantia desiderata 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 Billgrantia.
  • 🎓 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Billgrantia de la Haba et al. 2024

Assigned by: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 46607