Name: "Robertmurraya yapensis" (Xu et al. 2025) Dong et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus yapensis Xu et al. 2025

Etymology: yap.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. yapensis, pertaining to Yap trench, which is the geographical position where the first isolate of this species was obtained

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: JCM 33181; MCCC 1A14143; XXST-01

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16S rRNA gene: MK243676 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Dong Z, Hou J, Quadri SR, Quach NT, Narsing Rao MP, Wu Y. Proposal to Transfer Bacillus yapensis to the Genus Robertmurraya as Robertmurraya yapensis comb. nov. Current Microbiology 2025; 82:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bacillus yapensis Xu et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Robertmurraya yapensis" Gupta 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Bacillus yapensis Xu et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Robertmurraya yapensis" Hitch et al. 2025.

Parent taxon: Robertmurraya Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Dong Z, Hou J, Quadri SR, Quach NT, Narsing Rao MP, Wu Y. Proposal to Transfer Bacillus yapensis to the Genus Robertmurraya as Robertmurraya yapensis comb. nov. Current Microbiology 2025; 82:0.

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Record number: 65670