Name: Pseudoroseovarius halocynthiae (Kim et al. 2012) Sun et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Roseovarius halocynthiae Kim et al. 2012

Etymology: ha.lo.cyn’thi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. halocynthiae, of Halocynthia, named after the generic name of the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 60745; DSM 27840; KCTC 23462; MA1-10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ852039 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sun C, Pan J, Zhang XQ, Su Y, Wu M. Pseudoroseovarius zhejiangensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium isolated from the chemical wastewater, and reclassification of Roseovarius crassostreae as Pseudoroseovarius crassostreae comb. nov., Roseovarius sediminilitoris as Pseudoroseovarius sediminilitoris comb. nov. and Roseovarius halocynthiae as Pseudoroseovarius halocynthiae comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:291-299.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aliiroseovarius halocynthiae (Kim et al. 2012) Park et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseovarius halocynthiae Kim et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aliiroseovarius halocynthiae (Kim et al. 2012) Park et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudoroseovarius halocynthiae 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 Pseudoroseovarius.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pseudoroseovarius Sun et al. 2015

Assigned by: Sun C, Pan J, Zhang XQ, Su Y, Wu M. Pseudoroseovarius zhejiangensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium isolated from the chemical wastewater, and reclassification of Roseovarius crassostreae as Pseudoroseovarius crassostreae comb. nov., Roseovarius sediminilitoris as Pseudoroseovarius sediminilitoris comb. nov. and Roseovarius halocynthiae as Pseudoroseovarius halocynthiae comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:291-299.

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Record number: 793384