Name: Billgrantia endophytica (Chen et al. 2018) de la Haba et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halomonas endophytica Chen et al. 2018

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.ca. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, pertaining to the endophytic nature of the strain and its isolation from internal plant tissues

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-do-P^HY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 52999; MC28; MCCC 1K03343

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16S rRNA gene: MF850257 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 endophytica Chen et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomonas endophytica Chen et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Billgrantia endophytica 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: 46609