Name: Roseomonas cervicalis Rihs et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cer.vi.ca’lis. L. fem. n. cervix (gen. cervicis), neck; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. cervicalis, pertaining to cervix, from the cervix

Pronunciation, gender: ker-wi-KA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49957; CIP 104027; strain E7107; VTT E-073100

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16S rRNA gene: AF533353 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rihs JD, Brenner DJ, Weaver RE, Steigerwalt AG, Hollis DG, Yu VL. Roseomonas, a new genus associated with bacteremia and other human infections. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:3275-3283.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 65. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Teichococcus cervicalis (Rihs et al. 1998) Liu and Xin 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoroseomonas cervicalis (Rihs et al. 1998) Rai et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Sánchez-Porro et al. 2009 Sanchez-Porro C, Gallego V, Busse HJ, Kampfer P, Ventosa A. Transfer of Teichococcus ludipueritiae and Muricoccus roseus to the genus Roseomonas, as Roseomonas ludipueritiae comb. nov. and Roseomonas rosea comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Roseomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1193-1198. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.
  • 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:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07552 (N = 28).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 14 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • ⚠ This name is retained (and recommended for medical use. This will change in the future) instead of Teichococcus cervicalis (Rihs et al. 1998) Liu and Xin 2025. Publication: Liu Q, Xin YH. Sabulicella glaciei sp. nov., Isolated from Glacier, and Reclassification of Roseomonas rubea, Roseomonas ponticola and Roseomonas oleicola as Neoroseomonas rubea comb. nov., Falsiroseomonas ponticola comb. nov. and Falsiroseomonas oleicola comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:345. Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.
  • ⚠ This name is retained (and recommended for medical use. This will change in the future) instead of Pseudoroseomonas cervicalis (Rihs et al. 1998) Rai et al. 2022. Publication: Rai A, Jagadeeshwari U, Deepshikha G, Smita N, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Phylotaxogenomics for the Reappraisal of the Genus Roseomonas With the Creation of Six New Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:677842. Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Roseomonas Rihs et al. 1998

Assigned by: Rihs JD, Brenner DJ, Weaver RE, Steigerwalt AG, Hollis DG, Yu VL. Roseomonas, a new genus associated with bacteremia and other human infections. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:3275-3283.

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