Name: Halopseudomonas salegens (Amoozegar et al. 2014) Rudra and Gupta 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas salegens Amoozegar et al. 2014

Etymology: sal’e.gens. L. masc. n. sal, salt (gen. salis); L. pres. part. egens, being in need; N.L. fem. part. adj. salegens, being in need of salt

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SAL-e-gens, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8338; GBPy5; IBRC M 10762

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16S rRNA gene: KF830707 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of species of the family Pseudomonadaceae: Proposals for the genera Halopseudomonas gen. nov. and Atopomonas gen. nov., merger of the genus Oblitimonas with the genus Thiopseudomonas, and transfer of some misclassified species of the genus Pseudomonas into other genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5011. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5130.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Neopseudomonas salegens" (Amoozegar et al. 2014) Saati-Santamaría et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Pseudomonas salegens Amoozegar et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 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: Halopseudomonas Rudra and Gupta 2021

Assigned by: Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of species of the family Pseudomonadaceae: Proposals for the genera Halopseudomonas gen. nov. and Atopomonas gen. nov., merger of the genus Oblitimonas with the genus Thiopseudomonas, and transfer of some misclassified species of the genus Pseudomonas into other genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5011. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 22481