Name: Muricoccus vinaceus (Zhang et al. 2008) Liu and Xin 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Roseomonas vinacea Zhang et al. 2008

Etymology: vi.na’ce.us. L. masc. adj. vinaceus, of or belonging to wine or to the grape, referring to the colony colour

Pronunciation, gender: wi-NA-ke-us, masculine

Type strain: CCM 7468; CPCC 100056; DSM 19362; KCTC 22045

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF368368 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 vinacea (Zhang et al. 2008) Rai et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Roseomonas vinacea Zhang et al. 2008	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: 57242