Name: Tsuneonella deserti (Yan et al. 2017) Kim et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Altererythrobacter deserti Yan et al. 2017

Etymology: de.ser’ti. L. gen. neut. n. deserti, referring to the isolation of the type strain from desert

Pronunciation, gender: de-SER-ti, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15959; KACC 19190; THG S3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY287245 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim D, Yoo Y, Khim JS, Yang D, Pathiraja D, Park B, Choi IG, Kim JJ. Altererythrobacter lutimaris sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a tidal flat and reclassification of Altererythrobacter deserti, Altererythrobacter estronivorus and Altererythrobacter muriae as Tsuneonella deserti comb. nov., Croceicoccus estronivorus comb. nov. and Alteripontixanthobacter muriae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5134.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Altererythrobacter deserti Yan et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tsuneonella Xu et al. 2020

Assigned by: Kim D, Yoo Y, Khim JS, Yang D, Pathiraja D, Park B, Choi IG, Kim JJ. Altererythrobacter lutimaris sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a tidal flat and reclassification of Altererythrobacter deserti, Altererythrobacter estronivorus and Altererythrobacter muriae as Tsuneonella deserti comb. nov., Croceicoccus estronivorus comb. nov. and Alteripontixanthobacter muriae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5134.

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Record number: 24935