Name: Rathsackimonas ureilytica (Weon et al. 2007) Sbissi et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Aurantimonas ureilytica Weon et al. 2007

Etymology: u.re.i.ly’ti.ca. Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. ureilytica, urea-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … u-re-i-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: 5715S-12; DSM 18598; KACC 11607

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16S rRNA gene: DQ883810 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sbissi I, Dali H, Hamra R, Boujemaa E, Nasr MAH, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Taxonomic revision of the family Aurantimonadaceae: proposal of Dennerimonas gen. nov., Mesocryomonas gen. nov., Rathsackimonas gen. nov. and Plantimonas gen. nov., along with the reclassification of Jeongeupella Jiang et al. 2024 as a later heterotypic synonym of Antarcticirhabdus Du et al. 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6733. 🇹🇳

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Aureimonas ureilytica (Weon et al. 2007) Rathsack et al. 2011

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aurantimonas ureilytica Weon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aureimonas ureilytica (Weon et al. 2007) Rathsack et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rathsackimonas Sbissi et al. 2025. Publication: Sbissi I, Dali H, Hamra R, Boujemaa E, Nasr MAH, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Taxonomic revision of the family Aurantimonadaceae: proposal of Dennerimonas gen. nov., Mesocryomonas gen. nov., Rathsackimonas gen. nov. and Plantimonas gen. nov., along with the reclassification of Jeongeupella Jiang et al. 2024 as a later heterotypic synonym of Antarcticirhabdus Du et al. 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6733. 🇹🇳
  • ❗ Rathsackimonas ureilytica 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 Rathsackimonas.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-04-08.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Rathsackimonas Sbissi et al. 2025

Assigned by: Sbissi I, Dali H, Hamra R, Boujemaa E, Nasr MAH, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Taxonomic revision of the family Aurantimonadaceae: proposal of Dennerimonas gen. nov., Mesocryomonas gen. nov., Rathsackimonas gen. nov. and Plantimonas gen. nov., along with the reclassification of Jeongeupella Jiang et al. 2024 as a later heterotypic synonym of Antarcticirhabdus Du et al. 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6733. 🇹🇳

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