Name: Muricoccus pecuniae (Lopes et al. 2011) Liu and Xin 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Roseomonas pecuniae Lopes et al. 2011

Etymology: pe.cu’ni.ae. L. gen. fem. n. pecuniae, of/from money or a coin, referring to the isolation of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 110074; DSM 25268; DSM 25622; LMG 25481; N 75

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU168019 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 pecuniae (Lopes et al. 2011) Rai et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Roseomonas pecuniae Lopes et al. 2011	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.

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: 57240