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

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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: … 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Maribius pontilimi Lee 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Palleronia pontilimi (Lee 2018) Barnier et al. 2022	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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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