Name: Muricoccus harenae (Deng et al. 2020) Liu and Xin 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Roseomonas harenae Deng et al. 2020

Etymology: ha.re’nae. L. gen. fem. n. harenae, of sand, referring to the isolation of the type strain from desert sand

Pronunciation, gender: ha-RE-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: CPCC 101081; KCTC 62852; NBRC 113512

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN883396 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu Q, Xin YH. Sabulicella glaciei sp. nov., Isolated from Glacier, and Reclassification of Roseomonas rubea, Roseomonas ponticola and Roseomonas oleicola as Neoroseomonas rubea comb. nov., Falsiroseomonas ponticola comb. nov. and Falsiroseomonas oleicola comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:345.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pararoseomonas harenae (Deng et al. 2020) Rai et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Roseomonas harenae Deng et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-02-04.
  • 🫡 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 the genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Roseomonas harenae Deng et al. 2020. Publication: Deng Y, Sun Y, Wang H, Yu LY, Zhang YQ. Roseomonas harenae sp. nov., from desert gravel soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5711-5716. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Parent taxon: Muricoccus Kämpfer et al. 2003

Assigned by: Liu Q, Xin YH. Sabulicella glaciei sp. nov., Isolated from Glacier, and Reclassification of Roseomonas rubea, Roseomonas ponticola and Roseomonas oleicola as Neoroseomonas rubea comb. nov., Falsiroseomonas ponticola comb. nov. and Falsiroseomonas oleicola comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:345.

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Record number: 57238