Name: Teichococcus wenyumeiae (Tian et al. 2019) Liu and Xin 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Roseomonas wenyumeiae Tian et al. 2019

Etymology: wen.yu.mei’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. wenyumeiae, of Yumei Wen, a famous microbiologist, for her contribution to the Hepatitis B vaccine and anti-HBs complex research and her fundamental role in immunology in China

Pronunciation, gender: wen-yu-ME͡I-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16540; DSM 106207; Z23

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH974806 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
    Pseudoroseomonas wenyumeiae (Tian et al. 2019) Rai et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Roseomonas wenyumeiae Tian et al. 2019	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 wenyumeiae Tian et al. 2019. Publication: Tian Z, Lu S, Jin D, Yang J, Pu J, Lai XH, Wang XX, Wu XM, Li J, Wang S, et al. Roseomonas wenyumeiae sp. nov., isolated from faeces of Tibetan antelopes (Pantholops hodgsonii) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2979-2986. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6-8.

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: 57221