Species Halomonas johnsoniae

Name: Halomonas johnsoniae Kim et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: john.so’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. johnsoniae, of Johnson, named after Ms. Nancy Johnson, a registered nurse who isolated and characterized the first strains

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-LO-mo-nas john-SO-ni-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: DSM 21197; KCTC 22157; T68687

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT758078 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim KK, Lee KC, Oh HM, Lee JS. Halomonas stevensii sp. nov., Halomonas hamiltonii sp. nov. and Halomonas johnsoniae sp. nov., isolated from a renal care centre. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:369-377. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Halomonas hamiltonii Kim et al. 2010

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Vreelandella hamiltonii (Kim et al. 2010) de la Haba et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Halomonas hamiltonii Kim et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to De la Haba et al. (2023), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Vreelandella hamiltonii (Kim et al. 2010) 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. 🇪🇸
- ⏲ According to De la Haba et al. (2023), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Halomonas hamiltonii Kim et al. 2010. 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. 🇪🇸
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
- ❗ Halomonas johnsoniae 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 Halomonas.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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: Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980

Assigned by: Kim KK, Lee KC, Oh HM, Lee JS. Halomonas stevensii sp. nov., Halomonas hamiltonii sp. nov. and Halomonas johnsoniae sp. nov., isolated from a renal care centre. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:369-377. 🇰🇷

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Species Halomonas johnsoniae