Name: Qipengyuania aerophila Liu et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.e.ro’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. aerophila, air loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: qi-pen-gyu-A-ni-a a-e-RO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.2366; GH25; KCTC 82601

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MZ749497 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu Y, Pei T, Du J, Yao Q, Deng MR, Zhu H. Comparative Genomics Reveals Genetic Diversity and Metabolic Potentials of the Genus Qipengyuania and Suggests Fifteen Novel Species. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0126421. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 208. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5592.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Qipengyuania pacifica Tareen et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Qipengyuania pacifica Tareen et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Lee et al. (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Qipengyuania pacifica Tareen et al. 2022. Publication: Lee BM, Choi JY, Lee SY, Rho A, Yun S, Lee WS, Cho BC, Hwang CY. Description of Qipengyuania profunda sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater of the Amundsen Sea (Antarctica), and reclassification of Qipengyuania aerophila Liu et al. 2022 as a later heterotypic synonym of Qipengyuania pacifica Tareen et al. 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6713. 🇰🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: 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.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.
  • ❗ Qipengyuania aerophila 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 Qipengyuania.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Qipengyuania Feng et al. 2015

Assigned by: Liu Y, Pei T, Du J, Yao Q, Deng MR, Zhu H. Comparative Genomics Reveals Genetic Diversity and Metabolic Potentials of the Genus Qipengyuania and Suggests Fifteen Novel Species. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0126421. 🇨🇳

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