Name: Pelomonas candidula Lu et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: can.di’du.la. L. fem. adj. candidula, shining white, referring to the transparent and shining surface of its colony

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BYS78W; GDMCC 1.4089; KCTC 8152

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16S rRNA gene: PQ192166 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu H, Li G, Yu S. Pelomonas baiyunensis sp. nov., Pelomonas candidula sp. nov., Pelomonas dachongensis sp. nov., Pelomonas lactea sp. nov., Pelomonas margarita sp. nov., Pelomonas nitida sp. nov., Pelomonas parva sp. nov. and Roseateles rivi sp. nov., isolated from streams in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6707.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pelomonas candidula 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-03-18.

Parent taxon: Pelomonas Xie and Yokota 2005

Assigned by: Lu H, Li G, Yu S. Pelomonas baiyunensis sp. nov., Pelomonas candidula sp. nov., Pelomonas dachongensis sp. nov., Pelomonas lactea sp. nov., Pelomonas margarita sp. nov., Pelomonas nitida sp. nov., Pelomonas parva sp. nov. and Roseateles rivi sp. nov., isolated from streams in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6707.

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Record number: 62562