Name: Bisbaumannia pacifica (Baumann et al. 1972) de la Haba et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alcaligenes pacifus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-KI-fi-ka, feminine

Type strain: 62; ATCC 27122; CECT 574; CGMCC 1.2314; CIP 103200; DSM 4742; JCM 20633; LMG 3446; NBRC 102220; NCIMB 1977; NCMB 1977

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681734 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 pacifica (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Deleya pacifica (Baumann et al. 1972) Baumann et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomonas pacifica (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alcaligenes pacifus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Alcaligenes pacificus corrig. Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bisbaumannia 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. 🇪🇸
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: JCM 18379; KCTC 52762; LMG 26997.
  • ❗ Bisbaumannia pacifica 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 Bisbaumannia.
  • 🎓 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Bisbaumannia 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: 46533