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Species Halomonas ventosae
Name: Halomonas ventosae Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004
Etymology: ven’to.sae. N.L. gen. masc. n. ventosae, of Ventosa, named in honour of Professor A. Ventosa, a renowned expert on halophilic bacteria
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … WEN-to-sa͡e, feminine
Type strain: 12; Al12; CECT 5797; DSM 15911
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AY268080
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Martinez-Canovas MJ, Quesada E, Llamas I, Bejar V. Halomonas ventosae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, denitrifying, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:733-737. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.
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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 27 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:
Martinez-Canovas MJ, Quesada E, Llamas I, Bejar V. Halomonas ventosae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, denitrifying, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:733-737. 🇪🇸
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Record number: 776790
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