Name: Billgrantia tianxiuensis de la Haba et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.an.xi.u.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tianxiuensis, pertaining to the Tianxiu Hydrothermal Field, on the Northwest Indian Ridge, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ti-an-ksi-u-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BC-M4-5; KCTC 72092; MCCC 1A14433

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16S rRNA gene: CP035042 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: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Halomonas tianxiuensis" Wang and Shao 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Billgrantia tianxiuensis 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 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: 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: 46546