Name: Paragemmobacter kunshanensis (Liu et al. 2024) Huang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodobacter kunshanensis Liu et al. 2024

Etymology: kun.sha.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. kunshanensis, of or pertaining to Kunshan city, Jiangsu province, China, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-ra-gem-mo-BAK-ter kun-s͡ha-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2020148; HX-7-19; KCTC 72471

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT101853 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 kunshanensis Liu et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodobacter kunshanensis Liu et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Paragemmobacter kunshanensis 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 Paragemmobacter.
  • 🎓 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: Paragemmobacter Huang et al. 2024

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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