Name: Pseudoduganella violacea (Embarcadero-Jiménez et al. 2016) Lu et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Massilia violacea Embarcadero-Jiménez et al. 2016

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.a. L. fem. adj. violacea, of violet, referring to the colony colour

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CAVIO; CECT 8897; LMG 28941

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT003718 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu H, Song D, Deng T, Mei C, Xu M. Duganella vulcania sp. nov., Rugamonas fusca sp. nov., Rugamonas brunnea sp. nov. and Rugamonas apoptosis sp. nov., isolated from subtropical streams, and phylogenomic analyses of the genera Janthinobacterium, Duganella, Rugamonas, Pseudoduganella and Massilia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5407.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5681.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Massilia violacea Embarcadero-Jiménez et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Massilia violacea Embarcadero-Jiménez et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudoduganella violacea 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 Pseudoduganella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pseudoduganella Kämpfer et al. 2012

Assigned by: Lu H, Song D, Deng T, Mei C, Xu M. Duganella vulcania sp. nov., Rugamonas fusca sp. nov., Rugamonas brunnea sp. nov. and Rugamonas apoptosis sp. nov., isolated from subtropical streams, and phylogenomic analyses of the genera Janthinobacterium, Duganella, Rugamonas, Pseudoduganella and Massilia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5407.

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Record number: 30132