Species Tranquillimonas pontilimi

Name: Tranquillimonas pontilimi (Lee 2018) Liang et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Maribius pontilimi Lee 2018

Etymology: pon.ti.li’mi. L. gen. masc. n. limi, of/from mud; N.L. gen. masc. n. pontilimi, of mud of the sea, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tran-kwil-LI-mo-nas pon-ti-LI-mi, feminine

Type strain: DSM 104950; GH1-23; KCTC 52957

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT797154 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Palleronia pontilimi (Lee 2018) Barnier et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Palleronia pontilimi (Lee 2018) Barnier et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Maribius pontilimi Lee 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Tranquillimonas pontilimi 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 Tranquillimonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Tranquillimonas Harwati et al. 2008

Assigned by: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 11168