Name: Brevundimonas phoenicis Schultz et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phoe.ni’cis. L. gen. masc. n. phoenicis, of phoenix, isolated from the sur face of the clean room where the Mars Phoenix spacecraft was assem bled

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: brew-un-DI-mo-nas pho͡e-NI-kis, feminine

Type strain: 2P2-tot-C; DSM 118058; MTCC 13894

16S rRNA gene: PP475411 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Brevundimonas Segers et al. 1994

Assigned by: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

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Record number: 66028

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