Name: Pelomonas parva Lu et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: par’va. L. fem. adj. parva, small, referring to the small colony size

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-LO-mo-nas PAR-wa, feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.4276; KCTC 8301; LYH14W

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PQ192173 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. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6765.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pelomonas parva 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-04-09.

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: 62567