Name: Pelomonas aquatica Gomila et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, living in water

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 52575; CECT 7233

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM501435 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gomila M, Bowien B, Falsen E, Moore ER, Lalucat J. Description of Pelomonas aquatica sp. nov. and Pelomonas puraquae sp. nov., isolated from industrial and haemodialysis water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2629-2635.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Roseateles aquaticus" (Gomila et al. 2007) Park et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pelomonas aquatica 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 Pelomonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Gomila et al. 2007, the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain is erroneously cited as AM51435. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2007; 57:2979.

Parent taxon: Pelomonas Xie and Yokota 2005

Assigned by: Gomila M, Bowien B, Falsen E, Moore ER, Lalucat J. Description of Pelomonas aquatica sp. nov. and Pelomonas puraquae sp. nov., isolated from industrial and haemodialysis water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2629-2635.

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