Name: "Neopusillimonas minor" (Yao et al. 2022) Babich et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pusillimonas minor Yao et al. 2022

Etymology: mi’nor. L. comp. masc./fem. adj. minor, smaller, referring to the small colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.17466; KACC 21349; YC-7-48

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Original publication: Babich TL, Grouzdev DS, Sokolova DS, Tourova TP, Poltaraus AB, Nazina TN. Genome analysis of Pollutimonas subterranea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pollutimonas nitritireducens sp. nov., isolated from nitrate- and radionuclide-contaminated groundwater, and transfer of several Pusillimonas species into three new genera Allopusillimonas, Neopusillimonas, and Mesopusillimonas. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:109-127.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pusillimonas minor Yao et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pusillimonas minor Yao et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.

Parent taxon: Neopusillimonas Babich et al. 2023

Assigned by: Babich TL, Grouzdev DS, Sokolova DS, Tourova TP, Poltaraus AB, Nazina TN. Genome analysis of Pollutimonas subterranea gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pollutimonas nitritireducens sp. nov., isolated from nitrate- and radionuclide-contaminated groundwater, and transfer of several Pusillimonas species into three new genera Allopusillimonas, Neopusillimonas, and Mesopusillimonas. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:109-127.

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Record number: 31224