Species ***Halomonas* *neptunia***

Name: Halomonas neptunia Kaye et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nep.tu’ni.a. L. fem. adj. neptunia, Neptunian, pertaining to Neptunus, Roman god of the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-LO-mo-nas nep-TU-ni-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-805; BAA-805; CCM 7107; CECT 5815; DSM 15720; Eplume1

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16S rRNA gene: AF212202 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kaye JZ, Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Baross JA. Halomonas neptunia sp. nov., Halomonas sulfidaeris sp. nov., Halomonas axialensis sp. nov. and Halomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:499-511. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Vreelandella neptunia (Kaye et al. 2004) de la Haba et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Halomonas alkaliantarctica Poli et al. 2011	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to De la Haba et al. (2023), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Halomonas alkaliantarctica Poli et al. 2011. 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.
- 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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: Kaye JZ, Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Baross JA. Halomonas neptunia sp. nov., Halomonas sulfidaeris sp. nov., Halomonas axialensis sp. nov. and Halomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:499-511. 🇺🇸

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Species Halomonas neptunia

Species ***Halomonas* *neptunia***