Name: Teichococcus deserti (Subhash and Lee 2018) Liu and Xin 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Roseomonas deserti Subhash and Lee 2018

Etymology: de.ser’ti. L. gen. neut. n. deserti, of a desert

Pronunciation, gender: de-SER-ti, masculine

Type strain: JCM 31275; KEMB 2255-459; M 3

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LT545980 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseomonas deserti Subhash and Lee 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoroseomonas deserti (Subhash and Lee 2018) Rai et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-02-04.
  • 🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Roseomonas deserti Subhash and Lee 2018. Publication: Subhash Y, Lee SS. Roseomonas deserti sp. nov., isolated from crude oil contaminated desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:675-680. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1409-1410.

Parent taxon: Teichococcus Kämpfer et al. 2003

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 57168