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Species Halomonas fontilapidosi
Name: Halomonas fontilapidosi González-Domenech et al. 2009
Etymology: fon.ti.la.pi.do’si. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), spring; L. masc. adj. lapidosus, stony; N.L. gen. masc. n. fontilapidosi, of the stony spring, i.e. from Fuente de Piedra, the site from which the type strain was isolated [probably better: fontislapidosi]
Pronunciation, gender: … fon-ti-la-pi-DO-si, feminine
Type strain: 5CR; CECT 7341; LMG 24455
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EU541349
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Gonzalez-Domenech CM, Martinez-Checa F, Quesada E, Bejar V. Halomonas fontilapidosi sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, denitrifying bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1290-1296. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 9 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 risk group of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980
Assigned by:
Gonzalez-Domenech CM, Martinez-Checa F, Quesada E, Bejar V. Halomonas fontilapidosi sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, denitrifying bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1290-1296. 🇪🇸
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Record number: 787928
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