Name: Paenirhodobacter hankyongi (Lee et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sinirhodobacter hankyongi Lee et al. 2020

Etymology: han.kyong’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. hankyongi, of Hankyong National University, where the strain was identified

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … han-KYON͡G-i, masculine

Type strain: BO-81; KACC 19677; LMG 30808

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN365231 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huang Z, Li M, Oren A, Lai Q. Genome-based analysis of the family Paracoccaceae and description of Ostreiculturibacter nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oyster farm on a tidal flat. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1376777. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Rhodobacter hankyongi (Lee et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodobacter hankyongi (Lee et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Sinirhodobacter hankyongi Lee et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Paenirhodobacter hankyongi is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paenirhodobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-14.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Paenirhodobacter Wang et al. 2014

Assigned by: Huang Z, Li M, Oren A, Lai Q. Genome-based analysis of the family Paracoccaceae and description of Ostreiculturibacter nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oyster farm on a tidal flat. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1376777. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 48942